4 ways to protect our jails and prisons from coronavirusWe must integrate our nation’s 5,000 jails, prisons and immigration detention centers with our pandemic response efforts. https://thehill.com/opinion/crimina...
‘Structural Racism’ Cripples NY Parole System: StudyAfrican Americans are returned to New York State prisons for “technical violations” of parole at five times the rate of whites, and Latinx people are 30 pe...
When Purell is Contraband, How Do YouContain Coronavirus?Handwashing and sanitizers may make people on the outside safer. But in prison it can be impossible to follow public health advice. “Jails and prisons are of...
Suspend or Terminate Medicaid Upon Incarceration?A new report by OPEN MINDS, State Policy On Medicaid Benefits For State Prison Inmates: A State-By-State Review, found that 42 states (82%) suspend, rather ...
The Long Journey to Visit a Family Member in PrisonThe Long Journey to Visit a Family Member in Prison Remote prison towns and strict visitation policies make it hard to stay in touch. The Marshall Project ht...
Model Practices for Parents in Prisons and Jails: Reducing Barriers to Family ConnectionsRecent studies have found that 2.7 million children in the United States have a parent serving time in prison or jail at any given time, while more than 5 mi...
NYC's Progress on criminal justice reform:New York City is making monumental progress on criminal justice reform — but our efforts must go further than just reducing the number of people in our jails...
How the Prison System Creates ‘Absentee Dads’—and Hurts the Kids They Leave BehindIn America, one out of five young adults have had a parent spend time behind bars. https://thecrimereport.org/2019/10/17/how-the-prison-system-creates-absent...
What Follows Punishment?Data shows that community-support circles decrease rates of sex-offender recidivism. One program may lead the way when it comes to reintegrating offenders in...
Immigration and Recidivism: What Is the Link?Immigrants who committed felonies are less likely to commit another crime than native born Florida State University study MiamiHerald https://www.miamiherald...
Rehab Instead of Jail for Parents:California Bill Could Allow Rehab Instead Of Jail For Parents Who Commit Certain Crimes Capital Public Radio http://www.capradio.org/138620
Jails Rebranded as ‘Treatment Facilities’ Are Still Jailshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/opinion/opioid-jails-treatment-facilities.html
Overdoses in California prisons up 113% in three years Overdoses in California prisons up 113% in three years — nearly 1,000 incidents in 2018 (San Francisco Chronicle)
Where ‘Returning Citizens’ Find Housing After Prison Where ‘Returning Citizens’ Find Housing After Prison (Pew)
The U.S. Prison Population is ShrinkingThe U.S. Prison Population is Shrinking Though some states are resisting the trend. (The Marshall Project)
Who Begs to go to prison?Who Begs to go to prison?. Effort to cut prison overcrowding puts some jails in crisis. (The Marshall Report)
When People Convicted of Perpetrating Genocide Come HomeWhen When People Convicted of Perpetrating Genocide Come Home (NY Times)
Severe Mental Illness and the Death Penalty He’s Living With Severe Mental Illness. Should He Face the Death Penalty? (The Marshall Project)
