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...]
News Briefs-April 2022
Arkansas — (AP) The state Department of Corrections began 2022 with a statewide lockdown of prisons due to rising COVID-19 cases among prisoners and … [Read more...]
Biden Helps Foreign Workers
President Joe Biden has unveiled a social policy and climate change bill that includes an immigration provision that could help millions of families … [Read more...]
Hawaii Prison Workers Against Vaccine
The union representing federal prison workers in Hawaii join protests against President Joe Biden’s executive order for Mandatory Vaccines for the … [Read more...]
NPR Lose Talent Due to Lack of Opportunities
“62% White, 15% Black/African American, 12% Asian American, and 7% Latino or Hispanic” NPR’s recent losses of talented Black and Latino program … [Read more...]
Riker’s Island Jail in Chaos
New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail is in a constant state of chaos due to violence and inadequate staffing, the New York Times … [Read more...]
U.S. prison population drops by 300K
The number of incarcerated adults dropped by nearly 300,000 in America the past decade, new U.S. Census figures show. Almost two million … [Read more...]
But U.S. still leads world in global incarceration rates
Louisiana has recorded the highest incarcerated rate in the world, with California not far behind, Prison Policy Initiative … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS, January 2022
1. Ohio — (Associated Press) The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction plans to supplement its more than 6,000 fixed security cameras by … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS, December 2021
New York — (Press Release) Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of criminal justice reforms Oct. 22 that give formerly incarcerated New Yorkers a second … [Read more...]
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