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Nonprofit offers coding class for incarcerated in attempt to lower recidivism rates

January 26, 2024 by Randy Hansen

A non-profit organization helps incarcerated people learn coding, giving them a better chance at employment after they are released. Persevere, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: Arizona, Brookings Institute, Persevere, Second Chance Programs

AZ prison settlement agreement tossed

March 24, 2022 by Raymond Torres

A settlement agreement to improve the quality of health care in Arizona prisons was thrown out after six years of the state showing little interest in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Arizona, legal

Conditions unsafe for the incarcerated in some southern prisons

December 12, 2019 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

Many prisons in the South lack air conditioning and this creates life-threatening conditions in heat spells, the Prison Policy Initiative reports. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Arizona, Conditions unsafe, Human Interest, Institutions, Mississippi and Wisconsin

Arizona rethinks its ban on prison literature

August 12, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

The state of Arizona lifted its ban on the book Chokehold after gaining national attention for banning the book written about the US criminal justice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Arizona, kevin d. sawyer, Prison literature

Arizona crisis for low-level drug offenders

December 25, 2018 by San Quentin News

Arizona is wasting millions of dollars by imprisoning low-level drug offenders and failing to treat drug addicts, a recent report concludes. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE Tagged With: ACLU, Arizona, Health and Wellness

NEWS BRIEFS September 2018 USA, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania & Arizona

September 30, 2018 by Juan Haines

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1. USA - The stocks of two of the world’s biggest private prison companies are outperforming the market amid the current immigration crisis. Both the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania, texas, USA

Arizona Tent City shut down

January 18, 2018 by William Harris

Arizona’s infamous Tent City outdoor inmate lodging touted by former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has finally collapsed under new Sheriff Paul … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Arizona

University helps prisoners learn

January 18, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

The University of Arizona English Department, with the encouragement of the state of Arizona, has initiated a writing and literary program to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Arizona, Literacy program, PRISM

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