From 2000 to 2016, the United States’ use of controversial for-profit prisons to lock up...
Prison
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...
Felony Voting Laws Are Confusing; Activists Would Ditch Them Altogether
EDITOR’S NOTE: In California, the non-profit Initiate Justice is gathering signatures for a...
California: a National Model for Higher Education Behind Bars
California leads the nation in providing college education to currently and formerly incarcerated...