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News, commentary and analysis on prisons: government proposals with the aim of stemming overcrowding and recidivism; inmate living conditions and changing demographics; sentencing issues.
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Writing and Arts Residency Focusing on Prison Issues

Posted on February 02, 2009
*Prison Issues Residency * Blue Mountain Center is pleased to invite you and your colleagues to apply to a special two week session, May 8-25, that will be dedicated to artists and writers who are working on material pertaining to...

The Big Business of Family Detention

Posted on February 02, 2009
The Big Business of Family Detention It's not just alleged terrorists who are suffering from our inhumane treatment of detainees. It's also children. Courtney E. Martin | February 2, 2009 | American Prospect web only When President Barack Obama made....

REPORT AFFIRMS BENEFITS OF IN-PRISON COLLEGE PROGRAMS, CALLS FOR RENEWED FUNDING

Posted on January 30, 2009
NEW CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION REPORT AFFIRMS BENEFITS OF IN-PRISON COLLEGE PROGRAMS, CALLS FOR RENEWED FUNDING http://www.correctionalassociation.org/publications/download/ppp/Higher_Education_Full_Report_2009.pdf Inmates that participate in post-secondary education programs have a lower recidivism rate than incarcerated comparison groups, several studies show...

UK: Arrests of teenage girls and women reach record levels * More than 250,000 detained by police in one year

Posted on January 30, 2009
Arrests of teenage girls and women reach record levels * More than 250,000 detained by police in one year * Crime gap narrowing between men and women * Alan Travis, home affairs editor * guardian.co.uk, Thursday 29 January 2009 17.15...

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MI: Sacred Cows Block Real Prison Reform

Posted on January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 28,2009 Sacred cows block real prison reform by Kyle Melinn Don't claim to be a Korean War veteran if you're not. In Michigan, it's a three-year felony. Sodomy is still a crime in Michigan, as is dueling, adultery...

MA: The department of incorrection Prisoner kept beyond term, despite state's vow to change

Posted on January 29, 2009
The department of incorrection Prisoner kept beyond term, despite state's vow to change Mark Taylor was held in prison beyond his release date. Mark Taylor was held in prison beyond his release date. By David Abel Globe Staff / January...

MA: FAMM instroduces reform bills on mandatory minimum sentencing and school zones

Posted on January 28, 2009
Families Against Mandatory Minimums has just introduced two sentencing reform bills. They are comprehensive sentencing reform bills that go beyond similar bills that were filed in previous sessions. One would repeal mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses while the other...

VA: Death in another ICE jail

Posted on January 28, 2009
"The parallels with detainee accounts of Mr. Newbrough?s treatment are striking to Jeff Winder, an organizer for the grass-roots Virginia group People United, who was contacted by several inmates at Piedmont who also spoke to a reporter. The latest death...

From National Advocates for Pregnant Women: a victory in the Texas v. Lovill case!

Posted on January 27, 2009
From National Advocates for Pregnant Women: a victory in the Texas v. Lovill case! (January 27, 2009) www.advocatesforpregnantwomen.org In this case, Amber Lovill's probation was revoked because the State thought that sending her to jail would protect her fetus...

"The Epidemic That Wasn?t" ---"crack babies"

Posted on January 27, 2009
January 27, 2009 The Epidemic That Wasn?t By SUSAN OKIE NY Times--Pag1 Science Section BALTIMORE ? One sister is 14; the other is 9. They are a vibrant pair: the older girl is high-spirited but responsible, a solid student and...

Strapped states eye prison savings---including double celling and sending prisoners out of state

Posted on January 27, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009 Strapped states eye prison savings By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer State of the States 2009 Faced with a surging prison population and a state budget more than $1 billion in the red, Gov. Steve Beshear...

MA: Another suicide at Souza-Baranowski

Posted on January 27, 2009
Inmate found dead in Shirley prison cell Suicide believed to be the cause By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff | January 27, 2009 A state prison inmate was found dead in his cell yesterday morning in an apparent suicide. The...

PA: Another New Prison Authorized by General Assembly

Posted on January 27, 2009
January 27, 2009 State to build new prison at Rockview By Shannon Simcox Email Collegian Staff Writer The Pennsylvania General Assembly authorized state funds Monday to build a medium-security prison at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview. The facility will...

Isn't the Free Labor of Prisoners Wonderful? Towns Are Sad to See Their Prisons Leaving the Scene of the Grime Hard Times Cut Into Free Labor by Convicts Who Mop Town Hall, Rip Out Beaver Dams

Posted on January 26, 2009
Towns Are Sad to See Their Prisons Leaving the Scene of the Grime Hard Times Cut Into Free Labor by Convicts Who Mop Town Hall, Rip Out Beaver Dams By JENNIFER LEVITZ Wall Street Journal January 26, 20009 CHARLESTON, Maine...

Organizations Press Congress to Adopt More Comprehensive Approach to Public Safety in Recovery Bill $4 Billion to Byrne and COPS programs will do little to strengthen communities, make us safer, or improve economy

Posted on January 26, 2009
Please feel free to circulate the letter pasted below to other organizations and to congressperson. Lois ========================= Organizations Press Congress to Adopt More Comprehensive Approach to Public Safety in Recovery Bill $4 Billion to Byrne and COPS programs will do...

Guant�namo Detainees? Not in My State

Posted on January 24, 2009
Guant�namo Detainees? Not in My State Fifty to 100 of the remaining detainees at Guant�namo Bay, Cuba, may face federal trials. By MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANE Published: January 23, 2009 WASHINGTON ? Is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed coming to a...

VA: Delegates weigh prison savings

Posted on January 24, 2009
Delegates weigh prison savings By Tyler Whitley Published: January 24, 2009 Sixty percent of the new commitments to Virginia's prison system have a history of substance abuse, the director of the Department of Corrections told the House Appropriations Committee yesterday...

Pahrump NV: Opponents raise their voices

Posted on January 24, 2009
"The PUC "isn't four or five stiffs that live in Pahrump or Tonopah," he said. Smith said each inmate needs 150 gallons of water per day. He appealed to fears over the sinking water table adding, "CCA is going to...

The End Of A Prison Offers New Hope To Camden Area

Posted on January 24, 2009
Jan 24, 2009 The End Of A Prison Offers New Hope To Camden Area CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) ? On the south side of the bridge, there's a spiffy red brick minor-league baseball stadium where families go for a good time;...

NAACP to hold voter registration drives at Maine prisons

Posted on January 23, 2009
January 16, 2009 - NAACP to hold voter registration drives at Maine prisons Starting this year, the civil rights group will bring more education about voting to prisoners. By ELBERT AULL Portland Press Herald PORTLAND, Maine ? The NAACP will...

MI: Getting smart on crime ? and prison time

Posted on January 23, 2009
Getting smart on crime ? and prison time Jeff Gerritt January 22, 2009 A study by a far more credible source than me ? the Justice Center at the Council of State Governments ? backs what I?ve been saying the...

King's legacy demands reforms in criminal justice system

Posted on January 22, 2009
King's legacy demands reforms in criminal justice system BY JEFF GERRITT ? DETROIT FREE PRESS EDITORIAL WRITER ? January 20, 2009 For the last three years, I've celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Ryan Correctional Facility, a guest of...

Obama to Close Foreign Prisons and Guant�namo

Posted on January 22, 2009
By MARK MAZZETTI and WILLIAM GLABERSON Published: January 21, 2009 NY Times WASHINGTON ? President Obama is expected to sign executive orders Thursday directing the Central Intelligence Agency to shut what remains of its network of secret prisons and ordering...

Michigan can save millions on prison costs, group says

Posted on January 22, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009 Detroit News Michigan can save millions on prison costs, group says Gary Heinlein and Charlie Cain / Detroit News Lansing Bureau LANSING --Michigan can save $262 million in five years on prison spending with new...

NJ: Guard union fights prison closing with scare tactics

Posted on January 22, 2009
"The guards' union should be ashamed for distributing an atrocious flier depicting murderers, rapists and gang members breaking into homes and harming children after the prison closes. Needlessly scaring people isn't the way to save union jobs. Riverfront's inmates are...

My Shawshank Redemption The prison system is broken. But the Honor Program works. Save it. By Dortell Williams

Posted on January 22, 2009
My Shawshank Redemption The prison system is broken. But the Honor Program works. Save it. By Dortell Williams from the November 10, 2008 edition Lancaster, Calif. - Next September will mark my 20th year in jail. It is not an...

Calif. AG challenges $8 billion prison proposal

Posted on January 22, 2009
Calif. AG challenges $8 billion prison proposal By DON THOMPSON, The Associated Press January 21, 2009 SACRAMENTO ? California's attorney general asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to block what he described as an extravagant spending proposal for prison medical...

MA: Gov. Patrick pushes for a state takeover of county jails, but at least one sheriff isn?t giving up his turf so easily

Posted on January 22, 2009
Of course, even where the jails are supposedly controlled by the state as in Hampden County, the sheriff still has free reign. In Hampden County, (sheriff) Ashe has found a way to both build a new jail for women AND...

WI: Artists Against the Prison Industrial Complex

Posted on January 21, 2009
Wisconsin Books to Prisoners/Rainbow Books 426 W. Gilman St. Madison, WI 53703 www.rainbowbookstore.org/b2p Wisconsin Books to Prisoners a project of Rainbow Bookstore, is sponsoring an exhibit ARTISTS AGAINST THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. The show will run from Jan 30 ?...

Report Faults Treatment of Women Held at Immigration Centers in AZ

Posted on January 21, 2009
Report Faults Treatment of Women Held at Immigration Centers By DAN FROSCH Published: January 20, 2009 Some 300 women held at immigration detention centers in Arizona face dangerous delays in health care and widespread mistreatment, according to a new study...

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