California is gearing up to make dramatic changes in its juvenile incarceration system. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation in 2020 to close the … [Read more...]
Raleigh detective fired for staging phoney drug busts
NORTH CAROLINA A North Carolina detective was fired for allegedly staging heroin drug busts on at least 15 Black men using brown sugar packets, … [Read more...]
Report finds 1,600 prisoners punished, isolated on faulty drug evidence
NEW YORK Faulty drug tests caused more than 1,600 New York prisoners to be locked in solitary confinement, denied family visits, and delayed parole … [Read more...]
SF jail population drops during pandemic
The San Francisco County Jail lowered its population by about 38% from January to May 2020, beating the statewide reduction of 29% during the same … [Read more...]
Prisons’ quarantine isolation measures failed to prevent massive COVID infections
Solitary confinement cells used to quarantine prisoners during the COVID-19 pandemic did not prevent spreading the virus or prevent prisoners from … [Read more...]
Coding ‘boot camp’ launched
Coding Dojo and the Prison Scholar Fund (PSF) are launching a new coding boot camp program to help formerly incarcerated people develop computer … [Read more...]
SCOTUS dodges ambiguous sentencing
Federal sentencing guidelines are vague and ambiguous, due to differences in U.S. Supreme Court opinions and the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s judicial … [Read more...]
TB Case Prompts Testing
A tuberculosis case was reported at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego, prompting officials to notify and offer tests to all … [Read more...]
Newsom Fights Vaccine
State officials have urged a federal judge to order all California prison guards to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “We do really have a problem … [Read more...]
Body-Worn Cameras on Guards Are Being Introduced to the Prison System
Several state prison systems throughout America are introducing body-worn cameras on some guards, even in environments already covered by thousands of … [Read more...]