Where Obama sought to reduce unnecessary incarceration for minor crimes, Trump signed three executive orders that 'Rolling Stone' called “consistent with his firm but demonstrably false view that crime is out of control.”
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Bawdy Rooftop Performances Entertain Inmates in Chicago Prison
Who knew some Chicagoans would go so far as to stage adult entertainment for the enjoyment of inmates in the Metropolitan Correctional Center?
Read More »Correctional Education Crucial to Inmates’ Future Success
Correctional education for juveniles is key to getting them out of the prison system, and it’s great to see that crucial prison programs are being rolled out across the nation.
Read More »Appeals Court Tosses FCC Rate Controls on Most Prison Calls
Studies show inmates who stay in contact with their families while incarcerated have lower recidivism rates.
Read More »Florida Bill Seeks To Educate Prisoners to Reduce Recidivism
Education is a key component to reforming inmates and keeping them from returning to prison
Read More »Appeals Court: Prison Litigation Reform Act Doesn’t Apply to Suits Filed by Ex-Prisoners
The federal Prison Litigation Reform Act prohibits prisoner-filed lawsuits over prison conditions unless the inmate has first exhausted available administrative remedies.
Read More »Jails Scandal Brings Ex-L.A. County Sheriff Three Years in Prison
About 20 members of the county sheriff’s office were charged with conspiring in various ways to block the probe, lying to federal investigators, witness intimidation, and conspiring to cover up their actions.
Read More »Inmates at Ohio Prison Secretly Built Computers, Used Them for Crimes
Investigators eventually found the jerry-rigged computers, which inmates had used to commit identity and credit card theft, hidden on pieces of plywood stashed above the ceiling tiles of a conveniently located storage closet.
Read More »Supreme Court Rejects Intellectual Disability Test Methods in Texas Death Penalty Cases
In a 5-3 decision March 28,2017, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the methods that Texas has been using to gauge whether a defendant’s intellectual ability should spare them the death penalty.
Read More »Heath Care Falls Short for Aging Inmates – BOP Seeks Better Data
With the general population of federal prisons growing older, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is looking for ways of analyzing its healthcare data in order to improve healthcare services for aging prisoners.
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