Tag: incarceration
The Christmas Traditions I’ve Created Over a Decade in Prison
Many people I’ve spent Christmas with in prison have described this time of year ...
Washington State’s $125 Million Drug War Restitution Plan Is Only a Start
Washington Governor Jay Inslee (D) wants to invest $125 million each year, funded by ...
Rikers Strike Against Horrendous Conditions Draws Political Support
Elected officials are rallying outside of the Rikers Island Detention Complex on January 13 ...
Global COVID Vaccination Rates for People in Prison Remain Far Too Low
On December 14, Harm Reduction International (HRI) and Penal Reform International (PRI)—two non-governmental organizations ...
New Orleans Result Could Increase Reformers’ Focus on Sheriff Elections
Since 2015, both Big Philanthropy funders and progressive grassroots activists have targeted local district ...
“Good Behavior” Gets Us Early Release—If Corrections Decides to Honor It
Twenty-two-year-old Angel Rosso has been incarcerated in Washington state since 2018. His release date ...
The Influential HOPE Probation Program Is Badly Misnamed
Last month, a woman won $7 million in a federal court in Hawaii against ...
The Right Uses Wisconsin Parade Tragedy to Attack Bail Reform
After an SUV ploughed through a holiday parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin on November 21, ...
Why the ACLU Is Taking On Wyoming’s Pretrial “24/7 Sobriety” Program
Criminologists and, increasingly, local court systems love the idea of “swift, certain and fair” ...
The Data Gatekeeper Spinning Pennsylvania’s Prisons Narrative
In 2017, at the American Society of Criminology’s annual conference in Philadelphia, then-President James ...
