Many believe that education is a right, not a privilege – and that means making education accessible to everyone, no matter what the barriers.
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ACLU Sues Nebraska Over ‘Extreme’ Prison Overcrowding
Injuries claimed in the suit include a fatal heart attack an inmate suffered after his complaints of chest pains and shortness of breath went unheeded for weeks, and blindness when another inmate’s diabetes went undiagnosed.
Read More »The Adobe Report, September 2017: The Back to School Edition
Adobe has been busy working with everything from software to scanning and as always it seems there is something for everyone.
Read More »The Adobe Report: Adobe Spark – September 2017 Release
What really works for me about Adobe Spark – finally out of beta – is that it makes it easy for non-web professionals to independently create promotional pages or presentations.
Read More »New Charges Against Inmate-Author: An Attempt to Muzzle Him?
Prison officials continue to persecute incarcerated Blogcritics columnist Christopher Zoukis for his perfectly legal writing activities. Federal prisons, and state prisons too, are hotbeds of censorship and repression.
Read More »Federal Bureau of Prisons Needs to Understand, Control Health Costs: Report
Since 2009, while the agency has planned or carried out heath care cost control measures, it has yet to evaluate the effectiveness of those measures. Of 16 cost-control programs BOP identified, it could document cost savings from only one.
Read More »Interview: Jessica Garrels of Catholic Relief Services in Laos
The Trump Administration's 2018 budget proposes eliminating funding for the longstanding McGovern-Dole program that funds school meals in impoverished areas in Laos and other countries.
Read More »Interview: Brenda Urizar of Catholic Relief Services in Guatemala
Lobby in the U.S. and advocate with legislators to keep the McGovern-Dole program fully funded. This is an incredibly important program.
Read More »Senators Pitch Bill to Improve Conditions for Female Inmates
The bill mandates, for example, that inmates who are primary caretakers may receive visits from family members up to six days per week, with no limit to the number of children who may visit.
Read More »Prison Food Linked to Bad Behavior
A combination of pinching pennies, corruption, and privatization is resulting in prisoners being fed a stew of unhealthy, nutrient-poor meals in minuscule portions.
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