One thoughtless mistake traumatized many lives and landed Donovan Webster in prison, according to his account in AARP The Magazine. Webster was a … [Read more...]
Positive changes in the criminal justice system lead to prisoners adjusting to free society
Positive changes in America’s criminal justice system are exposing significant changes in helping long-term prisoners adjust to a free society. “It’s … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Republican governor signs criminal reform
Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has signed a major criminal justice reform bill that had overwhelming Republican and Democratic support, reported Boston … [Read more...]
SQ parolee helps troubled teens through music
By the time John Wallace was released from San Quentin, he had written 75 songs. John Wallace, 39, who discharged in 2003, founded a project called … [Read more...]
Solitary Watch offers inmates photographs beyond a gray wall
The day he learned his solitary confinement would be extended, 17-year-old Benjamin Van Zandt killed himself in a New York prison. To bring awareness … [Read more...]
Questions linger over informant program
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckus denied the existence of an informant program in his county’s jail to a “60 Minutes” correspondent, the … [Read more...]
Rapper Common visits Folsom Prison
Rapper and activist Common, along with J. Cole, recently “took over” Capitol Mall in Sacramento for a free advocacy concert, following Common’s … [Read more...]
Black Lives Matter protests Los Angeles jail expansion
A Black Lives Matter coalition gathered at the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration to protest the expansion of county jails, reported the Los … [Read more...]
America’s aging prison population
America is facing problems as its prison population is aging, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts report. “Nearly every state is seeing that upward … [Read more...]
Juvenile turned author and Yale graduate
A teenager jolted by a nine-year sentence for carjacking used his prison time to turn his path toward publishing two books and graduating from Yale … [Read more...]