2019 Holiday Card Contest Winners | Download All High Resolution Mockups Inmate artists were encouraged to join UPAN in celebrating the 2019 Holiday Season through our 2nd Annual Holiday Card Contest. UPAN volunteer Audrae Rogers dedicated many hours in coordinating the contest, along with her husband … Continue Reading
Posted Sunday January 19th, 2020 - 12:28 am
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted Rodney Reed an indefinite stay of execution
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The CCA has ordered the claims of Brady violations, false testimony and actual innocence in Mr. Reed’s case back to the trial court.Posted Saturday January 18th, 2020 - 9:28 pm
Furthermore, Wilson adds, “When you do prison ministry, you’re changing the culture in the prison and in society.”
And that’s especially significant when you consider that a study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that 83% of state prisoners released in 2005 across 30 states were re-arrested at least once by 2014.
First Step Act Gives Prisoners a Second Chance at New Life
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Gateway Church's Coffield Campus—a church planted inside a maximum-security prison—launched late last year and averages a crowd of 375 inmates each week.Posted Friday January 17th, 2020 - 6:30 pm
Wanna be part of an annual MOMENT that accelerated a MOVEMENT for the most significant criminal justice reform bill (#FirstStepAct) in a generation?
#DayOfEmpathy 3/25/2020
Day of Empathy, March 25th 2020 - Dream Corps
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Millions of people suffer behind bars. There are 2.2 million locked away in the United States, about 25 percent of the world’s total. Out of sight, they are not just “out of mind.” If we are honest: they are mostly out of our hearts, as well.
Posted Friday January 17th, 2020 - 5:26 pm
He started his college education behind bars. Now he wants to help kids avoid prison:
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He started his college education behind bars. Now he wants to help kids avoid prison.
Dameon Stackhouse was six years into his prison sentence when he learned he would have a shot at earning his college degree.
Posted Friday January 17th, 2020 - 9:17 am
Mockingbird Project takes on race, criminal justice system
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The Mockingbird Project focuses on race, fear and the criminal justice system. Actor, activist and founder of LiberatedPeople Gbenga Akinnagbe has teamed up for a two-night event in New York focused on these issues.Posted Thursday January 16th, 2020 - 6:16 pm
Investigation Finds Mississippi's Restitution Centers Act Like Debtor's Prisons
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🔊 Listen Now: Investigation Finds Mississippi's Restitution Centers Act Like Debtor's Prisons
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“We believe that this is a set of recommendations that will make our criminal justice system more just, and help make sure that our county jail system is protecting public safety in the broadest possible sense,” Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist said. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel was the only member of the task force to withhold her support. Last week, she abstained from voting to support the report, saying it didn’t achieve the “crucial balance” of protecting victims and communities’ interests.
The answer to swelling jails? Stop jailing so many folks, Michigan report says
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A high-level report unveiled Tuesday recommends sweeping changes to Michigan’s criminal justice system to reduce the number of people sent to jail. The group found that far too many inmates are people of color or have mental illnesses.Posted Wednesday January 15th, 2020 - 11:39 pm
In this Democratic primary season, justice reform has been a prominently and refreshingly competitive topic. Conspicuously, during the debate, there was almost zero concrete or illuminating discussion of reforming or transforming the American criminal legal system.
A Monumental Missed Opportunity for Criminal Justice
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In this Democratic primary season, justice reform has been a prominently and refreshingly competitive topic. Conspicuously, during the debate, there was almost…Posted Wednesday January 15th, 2020 - 11:10 pm
“You are basically squeezing a profit from the most marginalised and poorest group of people in society,” said David Fathi of the ACLU National Prison Project.
US states move to stop prisons charging inmates for reading and video calls
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Draft bill aims to curb rise of pay-per-minute ebooks and costly facetime calls in prisons where visits are banned or restrictedPosted Wednesday January 15th, 2020 - 10:52 pm
Governor Herbert visits Utah juvenile detention center looking for reforms
Utah’s governor asked boys in juvenile detention how the state could help. Here’s what they said.
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West Valley City • Gov. Gary Herbert had a big question for the five young people who sat in front of him Wednesday morning at Decker Lake Youth Center: How could Utah have helped them before they were sent to this place?Posted Wednesday January 15th, 2020 - 10:05 am
Jail task force release 18 ideas for lawmakers to overhaul criminal justice system
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Jail populations in Michigan have increased over time and roughly a quarter of people entering the jail system have a serious mental illness, but, thanks to a months-long study, state lawmakers have new recommendations on ways to overhaul the criminal justice system with the goal of improving the ou...They should also add removing mandatory sentences and 18 months isn’t a speedy trial. People can do a lot to better themselves in 18 months. It will be pointless if they have a jail term after all the person has accomplished. You can hit rock bottom and recovery but if you have a mandatory sentence then what’s the point. Why even do good if you’re going to jail anyways? A lot more still needs to be done.
Posted Wednesday January 15th, 2020 - 12:22 am
‘A system that dramatically needs reform’: In 2nd year, Utah County Attorney wants to rethink criminal justice
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David Leavitt loses sleep at night when he thinks about how many jury trials in Utah County haven’t taken place because those accused of crimes have instead accepted plea bargains.
