A fire killed eight detainees at Iran’s Evin prison near Terhan, which has for decades housed political prisoners as well as those convicted of … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS – January 2023
1. Kentucky — ( AP) State officials are promoting a Prison-to-Work- Pipeline program aimed at connecting incarcerated people with employment as they … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS: December 2022
1. California — (The Guardian) A report derived from state data tracking racial profiling revealed that drivers of color are stopped more frequently … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS: November 2022
Arkansas — (The Associated Press) The state of Arkansas has been given permission to continue using the sedative midazolam in its lethal injections by … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS – October 2022
1. Texas — (Associated Press) A federal judge has issued a temporary ruling ordering Texas prison officials to carry out executions of death row … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS – September 2022
1. ALABAMA — (Associated Press) Alabama’s plan to sell $725 million in bonds to finance the construction of two new supersize prisons is … [Read more...]
DID YOU KNOW — YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE!
"We just completed another voter registration drive at our local jail, and in two days we were able to register 157 incarcerated people to … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS – AUGUST 2022
1 North Carolina — (AP) Construction has yet to begin on installing air conditioning in the state’s prison system although the General … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS – June/July 2022
1. Texas — (AP) State prison officials will not adopt specific rules to govern how spiritual advisers may pray for and touch condemned … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS April 2022
New York — ( AP) The author of “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971” has sued New York’s prison authorities for banning the book in … [Read more...]
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