Changes could affect thousands of federal prisoners’ eligibility New guidelines make federal prisoners eligible for release provides for the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2022
Seattle program earns praise, combats gun violence
Amid rising gun violence in cities across the nation, an innovative violence prevention and diversion program in Seattle called Community Passageways … [Read more...]
Incarcerated firefighters able to continue career in community
Incarcerated firefighters are receiving help to continue their careers after their release thanks to the efforts of a non-profit started by formerly … [Read more...]
States continue to employ ‘predatory’ pay-to-stay schemes against prisoners
The United States spends more than $180 billion annually on incarceration, locking up more people per capita than any other nation in the world. And, … [Read more...]
Formerly incarcerated woman now fights for prisoner trauma treatment
Incarcerated women are less dangerous than male prisoners and prisons should operate with that in mind, The New York Times reported. Little … [Read more...]
BOOK REVIEW: Journalist goes undercover as private prison guard
Sixty Days In is a popular TV show where people go undercover as inmates in jail for two months — if they even last that long. In 2014, journalist … [Read more...]
Prisons nationwide using tech to step up fight against contraband
Ohio is the latest state putting anti-drone technology and X-ray body scanners into play in an effort to keep drugs and other contraband out of state … [Read more...]
Non-English language materials banned by Michigan prison system
The Michigan Department of Corrections has banned the use of dictionaries in Spanish and Swahili in the state’s prisons, claiming that the books … [Read more...]
Tennessee prisons reject Malcolm X
As reported in The Vice, Prisons and jails frequently ban books that reflect political viewpoints carceral officials view as … [Read more...]
NY bans Thompson’s “Blood in the Water”
A prominent author who exposed malfeasance by New York prison authorities in the notorious 1971 Attica uprising has taken New York’s correctional … [Read more...]