Incarcerated people in Florida are learning how to communicate, take responsibility, and show compassion by bonding with incarcerated dogs, according … [Read more...]
States circumventing qualified immunity laws
New Mexico, Colorado pass new laws to hold officers accountable for using excessive force Colorado and New Mexico have found promising ways to hold … [Read more...]
Director of U.S. Bureau of Prisons Resigns
The director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons will resign after less than two years in the bureau’s top position in the wake of corruption and … [Read more...]
SF may close juvie, divert money to community-based youth offender services
The COVID pandemic has slowed down plans to close San Francisco’s Juvenile Hall, but alternative actions have decreased the number of occupants, the … [Read more...]
California allocates $7.5m in reparations for women forcibly, unknowingly sterilized
California has allocated $7.5 million for reparations to survivors who were subjected to state-sponsored sterilization or involuntary sterilization, … [Read more...]
One-Stop Shops serve to reduce recidivism
Growing national movement emerges, hopes to expand access to resources for parolees returning to their communities A bipartisan group of members … [Read more...]
Formerly incarcerated find it hard to vote
Five million formerly incarcerated people in America must overcome a vast assortment of obstacles to enjoy the privilege of voting, reported Vice … [Read more...]
Tracing prosecutorial mistakes
Thousands of people have been prosecuted and convicted in the past 32 years of crimes they did not commit, the San Francisco Chronicle … [Read more...]
Texas-another broken prison system
Thousands of people incarcerated in Texas had to endure inhumane living conditions in a subfreezing weather emergency, while also battling the … [Read more...]
Formerly incarcerated training for conflict resolution
Formerly incarcerated people are getting trained in San Francisco in the art of conflict resolution in a neighborhood notorious for homelessness and … [Read more...]