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.
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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 »Prison Money: How Prisoners Can Intelligently Invest Their Money for the Future
Prisoner services companies help incarcerated individuals establish credit so they can re-enter society on a decent financial footing.
Read More »Prison Rock: Libertine Headlines Prison Rock Concert
Super tight and well-rehearsed, some caged rockers are genuine pros, the real deal.
Read More »Prison Frisbee: Not Your Grandpa’s Ultimate Frisbee
The grass is spotty, the dirt patches shine through. The field isn't what you'd expect for an Ultimate Frisbee league, as it is centered in the outfield of a prison softball field. And yet...
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 …
Read More »Smarter Sentencing Act Passes Senate Judicial Committee
The bill is the product of an uncommon alliance of senators who don't often agree on much.
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 »Seven Books Every American Prisoner and Criminal Attorney Should Own
Seven essential books on prisoner rights and prison law that should be available to those inside and outside.
Read More »Convict Stratification: The Social Construction of Prison Society
In prison, social status is based on a prisoner's crime of conviction, informant status, group (or "car"), and personal carriage.
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