In a recent 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a dispute among lower federal courts about how large a share of damage awards won by inmates in civil rights cases must be paid towards their lawyers’ fees.
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Incarceration of Women on the Rise
The care of a family should not be a solo venture that falls on one woman's shoulders. In the best of circumstances, it should be shared among immediate and extended family and the greater community. If the burden were lightened and shared, the result might be that we'd see fewer women – and men – behind bars.
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.
Read More »Email Services Bring News to Federal Inmates
A number of services provide federal inmates access to news and other information by email.
Read More »Governor Cuomo’s Cost-Saving Prescription for Safer Streets: Prisoner Education
Providing college-level education to inmates has been shown to dramatically reduce recidivism and the cost to taxpayers of incarceration.
Read More »Transforming Lives on Both Sides of the Prison Walls
The blind students and the inmate students have a symbiotic relationship of success and hope,
Read More »‘Commitment to Change’ College Scholarship for Federal Prisoners
The scholarship covers tuition and books for one federal prisoner to take one course at the regionally accredited Adams State University.
Read More »Interview: Christopher Zoukis, Co-Author of ‘The Directory of Federal Prisons’
"By merely writing and receiving letters, prisoners are exposed to the fresh air of healthy, non-prison influences. The importance of this cannot be overstated."
Read More »Book Marketing from Prison: How to Sell Books While Incarcerated
Book marketing in the world outside of prison is fairly straightforward. The author writes a book, ideally has the foresight to build an author platform in the process, and then uses the platform and other tools to market their book once it is published. These other tools often consist of …
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