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Overworked Texas correctional officers adopted unsafe practices

September 11, 2018 by William Tolbert

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

Defy Ventures

July 19, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Defy Ventures wants to give San Quentin residents a chance to become entrepreneurs and CEOs of their own lives. Defy Ventures is a national … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prison Programs, Prison Reform Tagged With: CEO of Your New Life, Defy Ventures, Entrepreneurship, texas

Transgender suing Massachusetts challenging placement all-male prison

June 11, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

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A transgender woman is suing the Massachusetts Department of Correction for requiring her to serve her sentence in an all-male prison. In the lawsuit, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: Boston Globe, Jennifer L. Levi, LGBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, Massachusetts Department of Correction, texas, The New York Times, transgender inmate, Transgender Rights Project

Running from the prison cell to public office

April 24, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

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‘Should we bear the burden of our past when our present has been involved in fixing the future?’ Lewis Conway Jr., a formerly incarcerated man, is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Profiles Tagged With: texas, voting rights

Average inmate pay drops despite billions on prisons

July 1, 2017 by Marcus Henderson

In a billion-dollar prison labor market, wages for incarcerated people nationwide have declined since 2001, a recent report says. The April report by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, PPI, South Carolina, texas

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