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Inmates earn neuroscience degree

December 30, 2016 by Salvador Solorio

Cornell University instructors are now teaching neuroscience at New York’s maximum-security Auburn Correctional Facility. Prisoners are enrolled in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Lawsuit lowers SHU occupancy by two- third

December 30, 2016 by Salvador Solorio

Following a landmark lawsuit settlement, Security Housing Unit (SHU) occupancy has been cut by two-thirds. The lawsuit followed California prison … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Gov. Brown names 9 to CDCR positions

December 30, 2016 by Salvador Solorio

Gov. Jerry Brown announced his latest appointments to CDCR offices, according to the Imperial Valley News. Kelly Santoro has been appointed warden at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Feds ask governors to issue ID cards to newly released

November 26, 2016 by Salvador Solorio

Every year many of the 600,000 people released from federal and state prisons are without government-issued ID cards. Attorney General Loretta Lynch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Hunger Strikes Erupt in Immigration-Detention Facilities

August 10, 2016 by Salvador Solorio

Hunger strikes erupted in fall 2015 at a number of for-profit immigration detention facilities, protesting long detentions, inadequate health care, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aurora Detention Center, Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement, GEO Group, LaSalle Detention Center, President Obama, T. Don Hutto Facility, Trafficking Victim’s Protection Act, Victoria Mena, World Socialist Web Site, WSWS

Antipsychotic Drugs Used on Juveniles In Pennsylvania

August 10, 2016 by Salvador Solorio

Youthful offenders in the Pennsylvania juvenile justice system are being managed by use of powerful antipsychotic medications, an independent news … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Youth Offender

Connecticut Governor Opts For ‘Second-Chance Society’

August 10, 2016 by Salvador Solorio

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says the state’s juvenile justice system has been transformed and it’s time for the nation to return to its roots as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Profiles

Americans’ Concern About Crime at 15 Year High

July 1, 2016 by Salvador Solorio

Americans are now more concerned about crime and violence than at any other time in the last 15 years. Gallup conducted a survey in March throughout … [Read more...]

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Free Learning Software For JPay Tablets

July 1, 2016 by Salvador Solorio

JPay is now offering free learning software for owners of JPay tablets. Learning Equality can be accessed by JPay’s KA Lite, an open source offline … [Read more...]

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Obama Calls for $1.1 Billion to Help Combat Drug Addictions

June 1, 2016 by Salvador Solorio

By Salvador Solorio Journalism Guild Writer President Obama is calling for $1.1 billion in new federal funding to combat growing heroin and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Human Interest

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