The federal government has implemented new public safety strategies that are difficult for communities to understand, the Urban Institute … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2021
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Tech giants Apple, Facebook, Google, Instagram, and Microsoft are major suppliers of personal information to local, state, and federal law enforcement … [Read more...]
FCC creates new phone rules for prisoners
Federal regulators have lowered the rates on fees for out-of-state calls made from prisons and jails, Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) reported in … [Read more...]
Federal prison system severely understaffed
Juan Ramon Rodriguez-Barbosa, 47 years old, hung himself and died on May 26 at FCI Mendota, a medium-security prison west of Fresno. Rodriguez-Barbosa … [Read more...]
Formerly incarcerated find it hard to vote
Five million formerly incarcerated people in America must overcome a vast assortment of obstacles to enjoy the privilege of voting, reported Vice … [Read more...]
CA Legislature considers expansion of resentencing law
The California Legislature’s 2021-2022 Regular Session is currently considering several bills which, if passed, would change resentencing procedures. … [Read more...]
California’s prison population shrinks while the Corrections budget continues to balloon
$102,000 annually for California is spending more than each person held in the state’s prisons, according to news reports. This cost is … [Read more...]
Transitions Clinic Network provides national healthcare resources for formerly incarcerated
“Health not incarceration” is one of the mottos of a group of medical advocates helping formerly incarcerated individuals with their health care and … [Read more...]
Humanizing the survivors of SQ’s COVID outbreak
A new organization is helping San Quentin’s incarcerated cope with the fear and trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. Humans of San Quentin helped … [Read more...]
Incarcerated women join California’s firefight: Female prisoners log millions of hours in the battle against the state’s intensifying wildfires
Year-round, incarcerated women in California prisons are putting their lives on the line fighting fires up and down the state to limit major … [Read more...]