Despite earlier predictions, overall incarceration rates across the nation are down, with Black men seeing the largest percentage decline. In 2003, … [Read more...]
Racial justice policies can make communities safer
Policies aimed at reducing racial inequality within the criminal justice system make communities safer and contribute to the overall reduction in … [Read more...]
Reborn bill takes aim at federal cannabis laws
Efforts are under way in Congress to modify anti-marijuana laws, including legalizing access to banks for marijuana businesses, an advocacy group … [Read more...]
HIGH COURT RULING LIMITS APPEALS
The United States Supreme Court says defendants who have exhausted their due process cannot reopen their case. The 6-3 Supreme Court decision was the … [Read more...]
CIVIL WAR-ERA LAW USED TO PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED
A lawsuit says a Civil War-era law setting restrictions on Virginia’s constitution should protect the voting rights of people convicted of certain … [Read more...]
PRISON CODING PROGRAM CONTINUES NATIONAL EXPANSION AND CHANGING LIVES
A program called The Last Mile is training incarcerated people to write computer code and helping them to find excellent jobs when … [Read more...]
ENDING IN-PERSON PSYCHIATRY DENIED
A federal judge has denied the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s proposal to be allowed to provide psychiatric care to state … [Read more...]
‘LESS LIKELY TO DIE’
Study: Treating opioidaddiction during incarcerationreduces future overdoses New research suggests that individuals who receive medication for … [Read more...]
STUDY EXAMINES IMPACT OF BAIL REFORM ON REARREST RATE
A college study concludes that low-level offenders released under New York’s bail reform law are less likely to return to jail. The 2020 reform … [Read more...]
Lawsuit filed on behalf of Muslim inmates
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Corrections in March, claiming that officials … [Read more...]