Inability to pay fines and fees related to the criminal justice system results in further punishment for youth, including extended sentences and probation. It is becoming increasingly obvious that zero-tolerance policies contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline, often unfairly punishing youth for offenses that should not be dealt with in the criminal justice system. Involvement in
By Christopher Zoukis A report compiled by a well-respected prisoner group indicates that while the Massachusetts Department of Corrections is diligent in collecting profits from prisoners’ commissary purchases, it has failed to spend those funds on prisoner benefit purchases, as required by state regulation — to the tune of a $2 million surplus for the
New initiative aims to foster understanding and discussion on the topic of mass incarceration through the lens of history and current events. In 2014, the Colorado College history department embarked on an initiative called the Social Issues and Historical Context Initiative, with the goal of demonstrating the connections between history and current issues and events.
By Christopher Zoukis The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, a nonprofit focused on racial and economic policy, in conjunction with Forward Together and a dozen other community and civil rights organizations recently released a study which surveyed hardships experienced by former prisoners and their families. The study examined the experiences of over 1,080 current
Restorative justice is an alternative approach aimed at rehabilitating youth and keeping them from entering the criminal justice system. King County, Washington, is one of the most recent courts in the country to turn to the alternative approach of restorative justice over criminal justice when it comes to dealing with juvenile offenders with no previous
Yoga and meditation have a host of benefits for prisoners. The Bureau of Justice Statistics has found that within five years of release, 76 percent of prisoners released in the U.S. re-offend. Breaking this cycle requires radical reforms in rehabilitation methods, and some surprising approaches are showing promising results — downward dog and mantra chanting. Educational
Alleged mistreatment of a Pennsylvania inmate who refused to accept his new cellmate has given rise to a class-action suit over conditions at the prison. Sebastian Richardson is under 5 feet tall but is having an oversized impact on the federal prison system, particularly the U.S. Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, home to the largest Special
Corrections officials tend to have a single-track mindset: guards oversee prisoners to maintain security and order. But what if the looking glass needs to be reversed, and the jailers must be overseen instead? With identity theft perpetrated by prison and jail employees on the rise, that option must be seriously considered. But who would want
Helping inmates prepare for post-prison life a “moral imperative,” according to Attorney General Loretta Lynch. With less than two months before the end of the Obama administration, on Nov. 30 the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced “sweeping” reforms being made at the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to facilitate federal prisoners’ re-entry into society while
In the last five years, Georgia has been successful in making badly needed, sweeping changes to its criminal justice system under the direction of Republican Governor Nathan Deal. The state has come a long way from where stood in 2009 when a Pew Research Center study indicated that one in 13 citizens were involved in
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