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Prison death a mystery after year-long investigation

August 8, 2018 by William Harris

One year and a transparent investigation later, the death of inmate James Leonard Acuna remains undetermined. Acuna’s decomposing body had been found … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: ACLU, ACLU of Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, Amitriptyline, antidepressant, cdcr, Nortriptyline, Patch, Venlafaxine

Mississippi’s approach to ‘making America safe again’

July 24, 2018 by William Harris

Jackson, Mississippi’s approach to making America safe again mandates that any conviction that involves possession of a firearm in the commission of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: Center for Policing Equity, five-year enhancement, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, PPI, Project EJECT

Indiana hires formerly incarcerated

June 11, 2018 by William Harris

More and more employers are hiring former inmates with the assistance of Indiana’s state and local government reported the Indianapolis Business … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Brooke Daunhauer, Eric Holcomb, hiring former inmates, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Business Journal, Indy Chamber, San Quentin News

Female correctional officers win lawsuit for hostile work environment

June 11, 2018 by William Harris

Joyce Zink started at San Quentin in 1972. In this 1973 photo, while working at Folsom State Prison, she’s wearing the newly adopted uniform.

Female correctional officers have won a $20 million settlement of a lawsuit claiming sexual harassment and a hostile work environment in federal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: Center for Women and Work, class-action settlements, Dana Britton, Heidi Burakiewicz, Rutgers University, sexual harassment, Tammy Padgett, Taronica White, The Washington Post

Aging cons fear parole after incarceration

June 11, 2018 by William Harris

Aging cons who survived the causes and consequences of long-term incarceration are being released from prison cross the country. They are paroled into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: ex-felon, government support, President Obama clemency, reentry programs, rehabilitative services, stigma, Urban Institute

Tennessee schedules three executions

June 11, 2018 by William Harris

Tennessee has scheduled three executions this year, after nearly a decade without them, according to USA Today. Dozens of Death Row prisoners lost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty Tagged With: Barbara Peck, Bill Haslam, Chief Justice Jeffrey Bivins, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row, Jennifer Donnals, Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, Tennessee Department of Correction, Tennessee Supreme Court, USA Today

UC Davis combats prison stigmas with Beyond the Stats

May 20, 2018 by William Harris

Tina Curiel-Allen with Daniel Mendoza

To combat the stigmas facing formerly incarcerated people at the University of California Davis, two students established the Beyond the Stats program … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Featured Tagged With: Beyond the Stats, Black community, Cal Davis, Chicano community, Daniel Mendoza, San Quentin News, Tina Curiel-Allen, University of California Davis

Youth offenders graduate Pre-Apprentice Program

April 28, 2018 by William Harris

N.A. Chaderjian youth graduate Luis Alvardo receiving his certificate

STOCKTON -- Ten youth offenders graduated with a marketable job skill after completing the first Pre-Apprentice Construction Labor Program at the N.A. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Featured

Prisoners seek hepatitis C treatment

April 19, 2018 by William Harris

California prisoners filed a federal court class action lawsuit in Sacramento to receive a curative treatment for hepatitis C, after doctors refused … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal

Alabama fails mentally ill inmates in solitary

April 19, 2018 by William Harris

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Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has failed to fix its practice of housing prisoners with “serious mental illness” in solitary confinement, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: Alabama, Mental Health, Solitary Watch

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