American Prisons: A Failure of the Greatest Magnitude The state and federal prison systems of America are in tatters. Inmates are being transformed into hardened convicts. Recidivism rates continue to rise. And all the while, the concept of prison rehabilitating offenders has become a running joke, ongoing dialogue on prison reform aside. It’s pathetic, plain
According to the study reported in this video, California’s Realignment Initiative is resulting in more auto thefts throughout the state. The study does not suggest building more prisons to house California’s criminals. Instead, the study’s authors propose finding alternative methods to reduce crime.
By Christopher Petrella and Alex Friedmann David Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the City University of New York, writes, “Capitalism never resolves its problems; it simply rearranges them geographically.” The same can be said of California’s almost three-year-old Public Safety Realignment initiative – legislation designed to reduce the Golden State’s prison population,
Name: Windham School District Associated Educational Institution: Itself Associated Prison: 89 Separate Prisons Website: https://wsdtx.org/ Mailing Address: P.O. Box 40 804 Bldg. B, FM 2821 West Huntsville, TX 77320 Phone Number: (936) 291-5300 Fax Number: (936) 291-5300 Email Address: [email protected], Contact Forms Available on Website Point of Contact: Not Publicly Available Social Media: Texas Prison
Each weekday morning at the Leavenworth minimum security federal prison camp in Kansas, more than 130 of the camp’s inmates troop off to work at the institution’s Electronic Recycling Factory. For many, this is the first real job that they have ever held. The Leavenworth Electronics Recycling Factory is a part of Federal Prison Industries,
This video provides a unique overview of California’s prison problem. California’s philosophy is to lock them up and throw away the key. The bulk of California’s prisoners are imprisoned for non-violent drug offenses. The Three Strikes Law and so-called ‘mandatory sentencing’ guidelines are briefly examined. Simply throwing money at the problem — hiring more prison
The abundance of literature on weight loss inevitably leads one to the understanding that successful weight loss tactics are either very extreme or cumbersomely complicated. Some suggest fasting or a liquid diet; others suggest that primarily lean meats should be eaten and at particular times of the day . . . or night. And still,
At the start of June, pink flyers announcing LGBT Month started appearing around FCI Petersburg, a medium-security federal prison in Petersburg, Virginia, where I am incarcerated. The fliers, along with many colorful postings in the Education Department, explained what LGBT means: lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. They profiled famous and successful LGBT persons and generally
By Diane A. Sears The world needs men. Men are the key architects of our bridge to the future. And our children are our future – our bridge to the future. Yes, men are necessary. Every day in their usual unassuming way, men offer each of us valuable life lessons. Life lessons about honor – that one’s word should be one’s bond. If you
Federal inmates can now subscribe to free or paid news services through the use of a monitored email service. This enables inmates to stay abreast of local, state, national, and issue-specific news of interest to them. No longer must they dig through recycling bins at their prison facility to locate a week-old USA Today or
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