Among prisoners, one rare sport is often used to find euphoric relief: a good ol' game of handball. On the handball court, skilled players test out … [Read more...]
Junior Ramirez finds peace in his passion
Art was his only means of communication; now it’s his hope There is a saying that art imitates life. If that is so, then the artistic genius of … [Read more...]
Garnishing Stimulus Funds
The U.S. Treasury Department has announced that states can garnish third-round stimulus money paid to prisoners and apply the seized amounts to … [Read more...]
DAPO’s Parole Reentry Expo puts resources front and center in Oakland
In October, a Parole Reentry Center was opened in Oakland, California, that promises a new approach to parolee services. The California Department of … [Read more...]
Victims and prosecutors angered by transfers of condemned prisoners
Prisoners sentenced to death can now be transferred to other California prisons, according to the California Department of Corrections and … [Read more...]
Virginia prisons end early COVID releases
Panic over COVID-19 in the Virginia Department of Corrections has come to end—and as of last summer, so have early prisoner releases, reported the … [Read more...]
England steps up monitoring of probationers
Lie detector testing and electronic monitoring will become British probation officers’ new standards of supervision for many of the criminal offenders … [Read more...]
All-Madden’s exhibition game
SQ’s All-Madden Football team tried to kick off a season this year, to no avail. However, it held one exhibition game with intertwining messages of … [Read more...]
‘Brady List’ rarely used to combat police misconduct
A 1963 Supreme Court ruling (Brady V. Maryland) requires prosecuting attorneys to turn over all exculpatory evidence to defense attorneys, including … [Read more...]
Experts question role of victims, survivors in parole hearings
Years after a conviction, prisoners still face the same scrutiny at parole board hearings they did during their jury trial — when facing prosecutors, … [Read more...]
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