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Inside Circle Foundation fights violence — at its source

November 8, 2022 by William Harris

Program brings healing to prisoners and formerly incarcerated, works toward reducing recidivism Inside Circle Foundation is a successful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Prison Programs, Recently Posted

New proposed legislation to keep separation of DAs and cops

March 31, 2021 by William Harris

Rob Bonta to introduce a proposal to address political influence attached to campaign contributions from law enforcement agencies. Legislation is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Politics

Implicit bias is said to infect justice system

January 31, 2021 by William Harris

There are subtle racial prejudices within the procedural fabric of the criminal justice system, reported Evan Robinson in a Hamilton College news … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal Tagged With: legal, racial bias, racial disparities

Domestic violence worsens in a pandemic

November 30, 2020 by William Harris

He was a weak man. The sort who needed to crush a woman in order to feel powerful. -John Mark Green

Domestic violence victims are experiencing perilous times. Sheltering in place because of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has intensified the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Most Read Tagged With: COVID-19, domestic violence

Inert gas asphyxiation the new method of execution

December 28, 2018 by William Harris

Alabama lawmakers in March voted to authorize a method of execution that has never been used before—inert gas asphyxiation. Lawmakers say this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Death Penalty Tagged With: Alabama, Death Row, Oklahoma

Immigrant requests for asylum face four year backlog

November 15, 2018 by William Harris

President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement program is failing due to a four-year asylum hearing backlog, an opinion article in The Hill … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Immigration, Legal, Recently Posted Tagged With: Immigration, U.S. immigration, undocumented, undocumented immigrants

Oklahoma has highest incarceration rate in U.S.

October 17, 2018 by William Harris

Oklahoma has passed Louisiana as the state with the highest incarceration rate in the country, a new study reports. Oklahoma’s incarceration rate is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal, Prison Reform Tagged With: Faces of Mass Incarceration, mass incarceration, Oaklahoma

Prosecutors accepting guilty pleas: no executions

September 11, 2018 by William Harris

It’s now been four years since a Georgia jury handed down a death sentence. In the majority of the capital punishment cases, prosecutors are allowing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty, Legal Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, Georgia, Prosecution Attorneys Council

Overworked Texas correctional officers adopted unsafe practices

September 11, 2018 by William Harris

Mentally exhausted correctional officers practiced unsafe work habits, which led to the murder of a correctional officer and inhumane treatment of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: correction officers, texas

CALPIA’s offers pre-apprentice programs for female prisoners

August 8, 2018 by William Harris

Female coder at work in CALPIA’s coding program

The California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) pre-apprentice program has graduated 70 women in the field of carpentry, construction labor, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Prison Programs Tagged With: ABC 7, California Institution for Women, California Prison Industry Authority, CalPIA, CIW, CIW Warden Molly Hill, job training, pre-apprentice program

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