Posted Sunday November 17th, 2019 - 8:58 am
Kelly Doyle: Let’s continue criminal justice reform momentum with sentencing reform
Kelly Doyle: Let’s continue criminal justice reform momentum with sentencing reform
While the recent commutation of more than 500 Oklahoma prison inmates was a monumental and historic step forward, the state's incarceration crisis remains. Oklahoma has the second highest rate ofPosted Sunday November 17th, 2019 - 8:57 am
Ayanna Pressley introduces extensive criminal justice reform resolution
thehill.com/homenews/house/470791-ayanna-pressley-introduces-sweeping-criminal-justice-reform-res...
Posted Sunday November 17th, 2019 - 8:55 am
Prison officers at Sampson Correctional Institution used sadistic torture and humiliation on rural road crew, inmates say
valliantnews.com/2019/11/16/prison-officers-used-sadistic-torture-and-humiliation-on-rural-road-c...
It is so hard to read! So wrong and disturbing!!
Posted Sunday November 17th, 2019 - 8:52 am
Dozens Gather in Albany for Conference on Mass Incarceration
Dozens Gather in Albany for Conference on Mass Incarceration
A major topic Saturday was about re-entry.Posted Sunday November 17th, 2019 - 8:50 am
Kim Kardashian West Describes “Relief & Hope” When Rodney Reed’s Execution Was Halted
www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/11/8820303/kim-kardashian-west-rodney-reed-stay-of-execution-instagram
Kim Kardashian West Describes “Relief & Hope” When Rodney Reed’s Execution Was Halted
Kim Kardashian West met with Rodney Reed after the Texas prisoner was granted an indefinite suspension of his execution sentence, and is feeling hopeful for his future.Posted Sunday November 17th, 2019 - 8:49 am
Member of the Exonerated 5 visits Memphis to speak on criminal justice reform
Member of the Exonerated 5 visits Memphis to speak on criminal justice reform
Raymond Santana, a member of the Exonerated 5 visited Memphis today to join in on the conversation of criminal justice reform.Posted Sunday November 17th, 2019 - 8:48 am
A passion for criminal justice reform, starting with ‘disrupting’ the pretrial bail system
A passion for criminal justice reform, starting with 'disrupting' the pretrial bail system
Miryan Villalobos is a client advocate and bail disruptor with The Bail Project -- San Diego, part of a national nonprofit working against mass incarceration by paying for bail for those in need, keeping them out of jail until their court datePosted Sunday November 17th, 2019 - 8:47 am
Who is Rodney Reed? Death row inmate claiming innocence gains bipartisan, celebrity support. Reed and his family claim new evidence proves he's innocent.
m.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Everything-we-know-about-Rodney-Reed-a-prisoner-14...
Who is Rodney Reed? Death row inmate claiming innocence gains bipartisan, celebrity support
Abbott has not spoken publicly about the topic, even after protesters demonstrated in front of the governor's mansion Wednesday with signs and chants.Posted Sunday November 17th, 2019 - 12:09 am
After a number of jail suicides starting in 2011, the Kern County sheriff’s office began using “isolation cells” – rooms with nothing more than four walls and a grate on the floor – to hold prisoners deemed suicide risks. These cells were only intended to hold people for a matter of hours, yet some prisoners spent more than a week in them, sleeping on a mat with no access to mental health services.
A Jail Increased Extreme Isolation to Stop Suicides. More People Killed Themselves. — ProPublica
The Kern County, CA Sheriff’s Office places hundreds of people into suicide watch each year. They’re held for days or weeks in rooms without mattresses and sometimes toilets. The state can’t stop it.That is totally unacceptable
Posted Saturday November 16th, 2019 - 6:20 pm
The death penalty needs to be abolished
Why are fewer killers getting the death penalty in Utah?
In Utah, just one convicted killer has been executed since 2000, and this week, the man who’d been on death row the longest died of natural causes. Michael Locklear reports (KUTV) Just one death sentence has been handed down in Utah since the turn of the century, according to data collected by...
Posted Saturday November 16th, 2019 - 6:15 pm
The #cut50 team is in attendance at the California Democratic Convention. State Policy Director Esteban Nuñez and other formerly incarcerated advocates spoke with Amy Klobuchar to discuss the importance of finding pathways and job opportunities for returning citizens.
We’re proud that 2020 candidates are recognizing the significance of reforming our justice system!The #cut50 team is in attendance at the California Democratic Convention. State Policy Director Esteban Nuñez and other formerly incarcerated advocates spoke with Senator Amy Klobuchar to discuss the importance of finding pathways and job opportunities for returning citizens.
We’re proud that 2020 candidates are recognizing the significance of reforming our justice system!
Posted Saturday November 16th, 2019 - 6:14 pm
"American horror story": The prison voices you don't hear from have the most to tell us
By: Melissa Brown, Montgomery Advertiser | via Montgomery Advertiser
'American horror story': The prison voices you don't hear from have the most to tell us
Though at the center of Alabama's deteriorating prison system, incarcerated individuals are rarely heard. These are their stories.
