Tag: prisons
Federal Prisons Director to Resign Amid Staff Corruption, COVID Failures
Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal is resigning in the wake of highly ...
The Data Gatekeeper Spinning Pennsylvania’s Prisons Narrative
In 2017, at the American Society of Criminology’s annual conference in Philadelphia, then-President James ...
De Blasio Rejects Decarceration as Human Rights Catastrophe Consumes Rikers
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declined to pursue decarceration for the Rikers ...
Judge Rules in Favor of New York Prisoner Suing for Methadone Access
A District Court judge has issued a preliminary injunction to ensure that a 35-year-old ...
Hundreds of WA Drug-War Prisoners Can Be Freed. We’re Still Waiting.
On February 25, a Washington Supreme Court ruling—commonly known as the Blake decision—effectively decriminalized ...
Initiative Aims to Increase Methadone, Bupe Access in Pennsylvania Jails
Jerome Maynor, 71-year-old Black man with opioid use disorder (OUD), was prescribed methadone. His ...
A Year Into COVID, Prisoners Still in the Dark About Stimulus Checks
Nearly 13 months since the first coronavirus relief bill was signed and nearly three ...
Exclusive: ACLU Sues NY County Over Methadone Access in Prison
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed ...
New York Poised to Significantly Restrict Use of Solitary Confinement
New York is on the verge of significantly restricting its use of solitary confinement ...
Will Connecticut Be the First State to Make Prison Phone Calls Free?
Connecticut holds the dismal distinction of being the state with the most expensive prison ...
