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Opinion: If California opts for smaller prison changes, rehabilitation must remain priority
San Jose Mercury News· 2 hours agoA first-of-its-kind orientation inside the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center last month helped...
Opinion | End Legal Slavery in the United States
New York Times· 6 hours agoThe writers, members of the New York University Prison Education Program Research Lab, are the co-authors of “Abolition Labor: The Fight to End Prison...
An inmate at an SC prison stabbed an officer in the head. What we know so far.
The Post and Courier· 5 days agoAn officer was stabbed in the head by an inmate at Broad River Correctional Institution, according...
Extreme heat takes withering toll in teeming Philippine jails
Washington Post· 2 days agoAmid a historic heat wave in the Philippines, few places have been harder to bear than the country’s...
Are Democrats trying to ‘pull one over’ on California voters? It sure looks that way | Opinion
San Luis Obispo Tribune· 4 days agoThe Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act targets Proposition 47, the 2014...
Emotion not evidence fuels rush to lock up even more Kentuckians
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHouse Bill 5, the “Safer Kentucky Act,” is emotion-based legislation, rather than the evidence-based...
Honduras rolls out widespread gang crackdown
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 days agoTEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -Honduran authorities announced a slate of measures on Friday intended to cut down on organized crime, including the construction...
NDCS director talks future of state prison system, overcrowding concerns
1011 News· 5 days agoIt’s easy to see the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services as lumbering and punitive—through...
‘Shoeshine’: Before ‘Bicycle Thieves,’ a Tragic Farce
New York Times· 6 days agoHailed as a shocker when it opened in 1947, Vittorio De Sica’s movie about juvenile delinquency gets...
More than 2,750 inmates released from Ukrainian prisons to participate in war – the WP
Ukrayinska Pravda via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOver 2,750 convicted men have been released from Ukrainian prisons to join the combat action....