More than a year after the implementation of California’s Realignment plan (AB 109) to reduce the state’s once burgeoning prison population, a new … [Read more...]
Increase in Federal Prison Population Forces Taxpayers to Spend Billions
The federal prison population has steadily increased in the last three decades, forcing taxpayers to spend billions of dollars, shifting funds away … [Read more...]
Prison Policy Initiative Highlights Improvements
A prisoners’ rights research organization highlights in its annual report accomplishments and reforms made in the criminal justice system. The Prison … [Read more...]
Pianist Sarah Cahill Honors Former San Quentin Inmate With a Concert in the Protestant Chapel
A concert honoring former San Quentin inmate Henry Cowell drew an eclectic crowd of inmates and outside visitors to San Quentin’s Protestant Chapel. … [Read more...]
Realignment Switch Hurts Female Inmates
Female inmates in California state prisons are suffering a disproportionate number of indignities as a consequence of the state’s plan to reduce … [Read more...]
Property Crimes Continue To Decline, According to FBI
Although violent crime in the U.S. slightly increased in 2012, property crime continues a 10-year decline, according to the latest Federal Bureau of … [Read more...]
United Nations Human Rights Committee Reviews U.S. Disenfranchisement Laws
A September 2013 report on United States disenfranchisement laws, their history, rationale, and the disproportionate impact they have on minorities … [Read more...]
FCC Praised for Dropping Interstate Phone Costs
‘The faith community can assist inmates and their families’ Religious communities are celebrating the recent action of the Federal Communications … [Read more...]
ACLU Pushes for Lower Rates on Intra-State Calls
‘Prison phone companies shouldn’t be able to profit off families and prisoners’ The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is sponsoring a petition … [Read more...]
New York Panel Tackles Bias in Justice System
During a three-day conference in New York City, a panel presented what it called “major issues,” and discussed what could be done to reduce bias at … [Read more...]