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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Maryland Focuses on Crime Prevention and Re-entry Programs
Maryland is boosting efforts to focus on crime prevention and rehabilitation programs for offenders to reduce recidivism and reliance on the prison-industrial complex.
Read More »High Court Rebuffs Inmate’s Challenge to Execution Drug
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a Feb. 21 appeal by an Alabama death-row inmate claiming midazolam, a controversial sedative used in the lethal injection process, may produce protracted, unbearable pain.
Read More »U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Private Prisons Are Back in Business with BOP
The idea that a corporation should ever profit from warehousing humans still remains beyond offensive and should not be tolerated in a civil and just society.
Read More »High Court to Weigh If Withheld Evidence Undoes Old Convictions
The Court will rule on whether convictions must be overturned if prosecutors withheld potentially exculpatory evidence from the defense.
Read More »Prison Education Transforms Lives, Reduces Recidivism
Prison education and rehabilitation programs can provide practical skills, career and vocational skills, and critical thinking skills. They can help with mental and behavioral issues, and provide access to higher education courses; some achieve diplomas and degrees while incarcerated. These programs are vital to improving lives, especially since many prisoners come from poverty, do not have high school diplomas, and lack outside support networks.
Read More »Interview: Christopher Zoukis – Author of ‘Federal Prison Guide’ – Incarcerated Writer Pens Prison Survival Handbook
Interview with Christopher Zoukis, author of 'Federal Prison Handbook'.
Read More »Another Article On Identity Theft
Identity theft is becoming more prevalent in today's world. Hackers are everywhere. What can you do to protect your personal financial information?
Read More »Court Documents Regarding All Romance E-Books’ Disturbing Business Practices Surface
The ongoing saga of All Romance E-Books disturbing business practices.
Read More »John Lennon’s Assassin Denied Parole Again – Why He Should Never Go Free
Chapman should be forced to sit in a room for the rest of his life with huge pictures of John Lennon on all the walls, listening to the song “Imagine” played over and over again.
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