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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.
Read More »Music Reviews: Laura Dubin Trio – ‘Live at the Xerox Rochester International Festival’
Dubin's live performance with her trio has multiple facets, coursing through a swathe of material that contains variables of jazz, blues, and orchestral spoors.
Read More »Music Review: Jeff Lorber and Chuck Loeb – ‘Bop (A CD to Help Fund the Cure for PKD)’
If this album is any indication, 'Bop' is alive and well—and still kicking backsides.
Read More »UNICOR: Prison Sweatshop or Under-Exploited Tool for Rehabilitation?
Quality vocational training, in-prison work experience, and job opportunities upon release could be so transformative if only there were the vision and leadership to realize the potential.
Read More »Federal Prison Discipline: The Case of the Education Behind Bars Newsletter
Held in solitary confinement for months for publishing an educational newsletter for inmates, I eventually had the guilty findings overturned, but not before much suffering.
Read More »New Executive Clemency Initiative from the Department of Justice
On April 23, 2014, Attorney General of the United States, Eric H. Holder announced a new initiative intended to encourage appropriate candidates to petition for executive clemency.
Read More »Music Review: B.J. Jansen – ‘Ronin’
This baritone sax player emerges as a modern day rōnin with his new album.
Read More »Transgender Prisoner’s Right to Sex Reassignment Surgery Upheld
Kosilek's much publicized quest for sex reassignment surgery began in the 1990s and continued in an epic journey through federal court proceedings.
Read More »Music Review: Greg Abate – The Greg Abate Quintet Featuring Phil Woods
The Greg Abate Quintet Featuring Phil Woods is a winning album for two great sax players.
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