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NORTH CAROLINA: Organization helps women overcome reentry obstacles

April 29, 2023 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Upon release, parolees often find themselves confronted by various Catch-22 scenarios. Jobs, licenses and identification, and receiving benefits all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: RE-ENTRY, Recently Posted

Growing number of exonerations nationwide spawns new industry

April 28, 2023 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

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As the number of exonerations slowly rises across the country, so do the wrongful conviction claims against states.  The falsely convicted and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Exoneration Digest, Recently Posted Tagged With: Exoneration Digest

‘Fangs of inflation’ bite prisoners

March 21, 2023 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Rising Food Cost

If the fangs of inflation took a trifling nibble out of meager incarcerated living standards over the past few months, then in November they took a … [Read more...]

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WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT 

March 21, 2023 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

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30X30 Initiative hopes to increaseinvolvement of women by 2030 Women make up an increasingly large proportion of police departments. One of the … [Read more...]

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SF DA moves to block judge from hearing juvenile cases

February 15, 2023 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Jenkins alleges bias against prosecution San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’ office has used a state law on judicial impartiality to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Youth Offender

TENNESSEE: Juvenile life sentence unconstitutional

February 15, 2023 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

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Court: Can ‘offend contemporary standards of decency’ Tennessee’s top court says it’s unconstitutional and cruel and unusual punishment to require … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Youth Offender

LAW & POLICY – SF DA reinstates policy allowing juveniles to be charged as adults

January 18, 2023 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Newly elected San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins reinstated the policy of charging 16- and 17-year-olds as adults for crimes that she … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LEGAL, Recently Posted, YOUTH OFFENDERS Tagged With: Youth Offender

BOOK REVEIW: The Souls of Institutions 

April 22, 2022 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

By Kazuo Ishigur  To draw a parallel between young students at a fictional school deep in the English countryside and incarcerated persons at San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews, Book/Movie Reviews

Prisoners feel pinch of skyrocketing prices

April 18, 2022 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

San Quentin residents are encountering higher prices at the canteen window. For example, the cost of a quart of ice cream is now $4.45 for a ten-ounce … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read Tagged With: money, San Quentin State Prison

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