On Monday, December 3, at San Quentin State Prison, 53-year-old Herminio Serna, a death row inmate...
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20,000 Lost Years and $2.2 Billion in Government Payouts – The Cost of Wrongful Convictions in America
Exonerated Americans have officially spent a total of more than 20,000 years in prison for crimes...
Privatized: 15 Years of For-Profit Prison Growth
From 2000 to 2016, the United States’ use of controversial for-profit prisons to lock up...
State-by-State Analysis Shows Confusing & Problematic Rules and Delays Make Compassionate Release a Rarity
While 49 states and D.C. have laws and programs in place that allow for the “compassionate...
Why Aren’t We Spending More on Prisoner Education?
By Stephen Steurer Education reduces crime, plain and simple. The RAND Corporation underscored the...
New Study Takes a Closer Look at Prison Commissaries Charging Inmates for Basic Needs
Women in Prison Paying for Their Periods In 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons issued a memo...