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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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 »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 »Book Review: A Time to Die: The Attica Prison Revolt by Tom Wicker
A very powerful account of the Attica Prison Riot of 1971.
Read More »Book Review: Rotting In The Bangkok Hilton: The Gruesome True Story of a Man Who Survived Thailand’s Deadliest Prison by T. M. Hoy
Life in a Thai prison, from an American's personal perspective.
Read More »Music Review: Various Artists – Jail House Bound: John Lomax’s First Southern Prison Recordings 1933
Makes it obvious how much African American culture has been an influence on American popular culture as a whole.
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