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Finding purpose behind bars: Programs at Allen-Oakwood provide job skills, mentoring
AOL· 10 hours agoWhile this sign is undoubtedly meant for the corrections officers and staff at the facility, many of the men confined to the other side of the institution's razor-wire fence are working to be ...
The only logic here is political
The Brunswick News· 4 days agoPresident Joe Biden “was a key figure in passing the 1994 Crime Bill, which disproportionately harmed Black communities through harsh sentencing laws and increased incarceration< ...
California Assembly Divided as Controversial Shoplifting Bill Secures Narrow Victory | KQED
KQED· 4 days ago“AB 1990 will increase the unnecessary harassment, detention, arrest and mass incarceration of Black...
Death threats. Harassment. Intimidation. For New Mexico women, a life in politics can bring all...
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoBack in April, as she watched him enter the courtroom in shackles, she worried that incarceration...
Biden orders new asylum restrictions, to outrage of advocates
Arizona Daily Star· 7 hours agoHuman rights advocates and migrant-aid workers reacted with outrage Tuesday after President Joe...
Hunter Biden to Go on Trial in Gun Case, Days After Trump Was Convicted
New York Times· 3 days agoOn Monday in Delaware, one of two trials will begin in which President Biden’s son will defend...
Is Jeff Landry the Worst Governor in America?
Current Affairs· 1 day agoThere’s Ron DeSantis in Florida, banning library books and making life harder for transgender people every chance he gets. There’s Greg Abbott in Texas,...
Overdose deaths are declining. But not in Black communities.
Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoEven though Black and white Americans use drugs at the same rate, we’re almost four times more likely to be incarcerated for drug use. We also typically have higher arrest ...
Nate Monroe: Law-and-order Florida is no refuge for criminals. Except Donald Trump
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBut a crime's a crime, right? Isn't that the refrain in zero-tolerance Florida? Can't do the time,...
Monroe Chamber of Commerce tours OCC, learning how inmates prepare for workforce
KNOE Monroe LA· 7 hours agoThe Ouachita Correctional Center invited the Monroe Chamber of Commerce for a tour of the facility...