Across the United States, many formerly incarcerated people face a variety of setbacks in their pursuit of voting rights. Some state … [Read more...]
Incarceration rates linked to illiteracy
Children with low reading rates also have a statistically higher chance of going to prison, and unfortunately, to keep returning, USA Today … [Read more...]
Ruling: Prosecutorial misconduct can be made public
A federal court sided with a group of New York law professors who had sued for their First Amendment right to create a public record of complaints … [Read more...]
Marshall Project examines jurisdictional overlap in criminalization of abortion
The Supreme Court’s recent controversial decision on abortion has opened the way for a confusing future in American jurisprudence, predicted a report … [Read more...]
Advocates push releases for FCI Dublin abuse victims
Advocates for women who were sexually abused in a federal prison in Northern California are requesting compassionate release for the victims, The … [Read more...]
NYC mayor appoints two women to head criminal justice programs
Expanded crime prevention efforts in South Bronx aimed at reducing recidivism, rearrest rates New York Mayor Eric Adams has appointed two women to … [Read more...]
Restricting medical parole
California is implementing a new policy of only granting medical parole to those so ill they need to be hooked to ventilators in order to breathe, … [Read more...]
North Korean prisons rife with abuse
Korea Future—a non-profit whose mission is to investigate human rights violations in North Korea—has received hundreds of complaints of human rights … [Read more...]
California Supreme Court rules on early release for violent offenders
The California Supreme Court has ruled that correctional officials don’t have to consider early release for violent felons, even if their primary … [Read more...]
Fifth prison worker arrested
A fifth employee has been charged with sexually abusing inmates in a federal women’s prison where a former warden is also facing such charges, The … [Read more...]