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Archives for July 2018

Pregnant CDCR officer sues California

July 24, 2018 by Achilles

A California prisons correctional officer is suing the state, claiming she lost her unborn baby because she was denied less strenuous duty during her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: pregnant correctional officer, Sarah Coogle

Mississippi’s approach to ‘making America safe again’

July 24, 2018 by William Harris

Jackson, Mississippi’s approach to making America safe again mandates that any conviction that involves possession of a firearm in the commission of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Center for Policing Equity, five-year enhancement, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, PPI, Project EJECT

Lawsuit alleges Sheriffs misused food funds

July 24, 2018 by Charles

Stories about Alabama sheriffs getting rich off of money allocated for jailed inmates’ food have sparked a lawsuit by two advocacy group, according to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alabama sheriffs, Appleseed, Cullman County, Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin, Sheriff Matt Gentry, Southern Center for Human Rights

SB 960 to notify family

July 24, 2018 by Achilles

Sen. Connie M. Leyva, D. Chino

Legislation is working its way through the California Legislature that would require prisons to promptly notify family or contact persons when an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: average suicide rate, Connie M. Leyva, SB 960

Florida’s prison commissary prices “highway robbery”

July 24, 2018 by Joe Garcia

Items donated by Walkenhorst ‘s for the Day of Peace

Outside advocacy groups joined with Florida’s prisoners in a protest called Operation PUSH to bring attention to the state’s long history of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons, Keefe Commissary Network, Operation PUSH, Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises, prison slavery, Supporting Prisoners and Real Change, Trinity Services Group

China furloughs 1,300 pre-screened inmates

July 24, 2018 by Amir Shabazz

Vocational programs such as auto mechanics, carpentry, masonry and welding offere

Roughly three decades after a furlough program was retired, the Chinese Ministry of Justice granted some prisoners a temporary release to attend … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Beijing News, China Daily, Chinese prison system

Solar plant heads to CIW

July 24, 2018 by Amir Shabazz

A solar plant could be coming to the California Institution for Women prison in Corona. The solar facility would be built on 10 acres of land … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California Institution for Women, solar panels, Southern California Edison, Terracon Consultants

Sanctuary cities maybe safer for White people

July 24, 2018 by Noel Scott

A recent study examining sanctuary city policy in the United States found that White people living in urban sanctuary cities and counties are safer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, CJCJ, ICE, Immigrant Legal Resource Cente, No Sanctuary for Criminals Act

Safe housing found essential for reentry

July 24, 2018 by antoine

The solution to New York’s widespread problem of homeless former prisoners is to provide a safe place to live with support, according to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Fortune Society, New York City homeless, Rikers Island, West Harlem

Renovating Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church

July 24, 2018 by David B. Le

Jaime Sanchez, Tare Beltranchuc and Bruce M. Flower

The latest renovation to the San Quentin chapel known as Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church was made to the century-old floor. The renovation was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Carl Canses, Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Salvatore Caruso, San Quentin chapel

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