A disturbance at Alaska’s Lemon Creek Correctional Center left a housing unit uninhabitable after prisoners and guards clashed over the prison’s excessive telephone rates, a “smartmouth” guard’s comments on the subject, and other issues. According to prisoners formerly housed in the dorm, on October 9, 2015, between 9 and 10 p.m., prisoner telephone calls were
On November 30, 2014, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced that Ferguson (MO) Police Officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted in connection with Wilson’s fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown on August 9, 2014. The failure of the grand jury to return an indictment was not a surprise to most observers,
On October 25, 2016, the Tenth Circuit remanded a case involving a federal probation violation for resentencing due to the improper admission of hearsay testimony from a probation officer. Tremale Henry was on federal supervised release when he was allegedly involved in two assaults involving dangerous weapons. At his probation revocation hearing, the district court
In March of 2016, President Barack Obama granted Carol Denise Richardson a commutation of the life sentence she received in June 2006 after being convicted on two counts of conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and other drug-related charges. Her long criminal history included two previous felony drug offenses, which brought her a lifetime sentence for
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has taken the unusual step of reversing a prison disciplinary board’s finding that a prisoner was guilty of committing a prohibited act. Timothy W. Austin was a prisoner at an Indiana prison when he was found guilty of attempting to traffic in tobacco. The entire
The study aimed to discover whether guard brutality reported in American prisons had to do with their sadistic natures or the prison environment. The Stanford prison experiment ended after 6 days when guards began to abuse prisoners, and prisoners began to experience mental breakdowns. It was 46 years ago that psychologist Philp Zimbardo conducted one
In a department that is riddled with scandals, so many that Sheriff Gary Wilson resigned on Monday, July 21, Denver Sheriff’s Department Division Chief Elias Diggins was appointed in his place on a temporary basis. Adding to Denver’s woes, it was later revealed that Diggins has a criminal record. There have been numerous incidents when
The Federal Bureau of Prisons houses approximately 188,000 inmates in over 200 federal prisons, prison camps, and private contract prisons. Tens of thousands more are housed in federal custody in jails and detention centers not directly operated by the federal prison system. Federal prisoners are continually transported from one federal prison, detention center, or country
About one-in-seven state and federal prisoners and one-in-four jail inmates report having serious psychological distress, according to a study released by the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics on June 22. The report was based on a survey DOJ conducted on the incidence of mental health problems among inmates in local jails and state
“THE INSIDE-OUT PRISON EXCHANGE PROGRAM INCREASES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF PRISON, TO HAVE TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT EMPHASIZE COLLABORATION AND DIALOGUE, INVITING PARTICIPANTS TO TAKE LEADERSHIP IN ADDRESSING CRIME, JUSTICE, AND OTHER ISSUES OF SOCIAL CONCERN.” — INSIDEOUTCENTER.ORG An innovative learning program that brings together incarcerated and traditional students is breaking down
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