Posted Saturday August 24th, 2019 - 11:22 pm
Advocacy groups are organizing a protest at Florida’s largest women’s prison, Lowell Correctional Institution, Saturday morning in the wake of a violent assault, allegedly by a correctional lieutenant, that gravely injured a 51-year-old inmate, sources have told the Miami Herald.
Protest planned after brutal attack by guards on woman at Florida’s Lowell prison
Lowell Correctional Institution was allegedly the scene of a brutal attack by guards on an inmate who was trying to declare a psychological emergency.Posted Saturday August 24th, 2019 - 6:29 pm
How much does it cost to keep a connection with the outside world while you're incarcerated? A lot.
📞300 phone minutes at 21 cents a minute = $63
📧2,700 monthly minutes of emailing = $135
👪Five monthly video visits = $30
That's $228 per month. For anyone without outside help, those costs are way out of reach.
Money Helped Me Thrive In Prison And After It. Most Aren’t So Lucky.
An unexpected inheritance gave me access to email, phone calls, hygiene supplies, and more from the commissary in lockup. Other inmates had to scrub gross showers.Posted Saturday August 24th, 2019 - 5:13 pm
The language we use plays a huge role in eliminating stigma and #reinventingreentry!
www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-22/words-like-convict-and-felon-would-be-out-in-new-san-...
No more 'convicts' or 'felons' if San Francisco passes criminal justice language proposal
The Board of Supervisors wants to scrap pejorative descriptions and use "people-first language" that downplays a person's criminal record.Treating them like humans would be a better start.
Posted Saturday August 24th, 2019 - 12:54 pm
DOJ: Immigration jail shouldn't have to pay detainees minimum wage
DOJ: Immigration jail shouldn't have to pay detainees minimum wage
The Trump administration is opposing Washington state's effort to make a privately run, for-profit immigration jail pay detainees minimum wage for the work they do. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued The GEO Group in 2017, saying its Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma must pay the state...American citizens in prison don't get paid minimum wage, why the hell should illegals?
Posted Friday August 23rd, 2019 - 7:24 pm
“It’s time to say goodbye to mass incarceration.”
h/t NowThis Politics
Posted Friday August 23rd, 2019 - 10:08 am
CNN Host Van Jones Sees Urgency in Movement for Probation and Parole Reform
Van Jones Sees Urgency in Movement for Probation and Parole Reform
An interview with CNN host Van Jones about what a new focus on the nation's probation and parole systems means for criminal justice reform.Posted Friday August 23rd, 2019 - 10:07 am
Utah inching toward full Medicaid expansion after latest fed rejection
Utah inching toward full Medicaid expansion?
The federal government has rejected yet another couple proposals for what would be an unique implementation of Medicaid expansion in Utah.We need it!
Posted Thursday August 22nd, 2019 - 11:02 pm
How Norway Is Teaching America To Make Its Prisons More Humane: The broken prison system is in desperate need of reform. U.S. prisons are trying to find answers overseas.
What The U.S. Can Learn From The Most Humane Prison System In The World
The broken prison system is in desperate need of reform. U.S. prisons are trying to find answers overseas.Posted Thursday August 22nd, 2019 - 10:53 pm
Juvenile Record Expungement Clinic offers free legal services this Friday
Juvenile Record Expungement Clinic offers free legal services this Friday
LOGAN - Those with a juvenile record have the opportunity to get their charges expunged for free at a clinic this Friday.Posted Thursday August 22nd, 2019 - 7:12 pm
When 68% of people recidivate within three years of release from state prison, it’s clear that something isn’t working.
One way to prevent justice-involved people from reentering the justice system is to restore Pell Grants. Vera’s research shows that those who participated in education programs while incarcerated were 43% less likely to recidivate and are more likely to find employment on release.
Opinion: I'm proof criminal justice reforms should invest in education
The 2020 election may well be a turning point for America’s criminal justice system. A record number of Democratic presidential candidates arePosted Thursday August 22nd, 2019 - 6:25 pm
Both Parents Incarcerated: Having Both Parents Incarcerated Led To a Career in Understanding and Helping Others
Both Parents Incarcerated | Prison: The Hidden Sentence
Having both parents incarcerated and visiting them throughout her childhood led her to pursue a degree in Criminal Justice and to help others.Posted Thursday August 22nd, 2019 - 10:34 am
Utah lawmaker pitches early plan to combat jail deaths
Utah lawmaker pitches early plan to combat jail deaths
A Utah lawmaker seeking to prevent further deaths in Utah jails says one solution could involve inmates speaking with health care workers over a video.
