Christopher Zoukis, JD | November 4, 2013 | Educational Programs
Founded in 1890, Blackstone Career Institute is one of the oldest distance learning schools in the U.S. Over 125,000 people have changed their lives by taking a course with Blackstone. We have a long history of providing convenient and affordable education for prison inmates. Education is the cornerstone of success and has proven benefits for […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | November 1, 2013 | Educational Programs
Prison College Program Welcome to the Adams State University Prison College Program. Here you will find information about what Adams State University can offer to incarcerated individuals. At Adams State University, we know how important education is to all individuals, especially those who happen to be incarcerated. Through correspondence courses, Adams State University provides an opportunity for incarcerated students to work for college […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | October 17, 2013 | Advocacy and Reform
In the past several weeks I have been researching the sex offender laws applicable to sex offenders living in Rhode Island and in South Carolina. While not surprising, the laws are anything but rational and they are certainly not empirically based. This goes across the board, not merely in Rhode Island or South Carolina but […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | October 7, 2013 | Prison Life
Christopher Zoukis, a 27-year-old federal prisoner, is the author of Education Behind Bars: A Win-Win Strategy for Maximum Security (Sunbury Press, 2012), a contributing writer for Prison Legal News, and a regular commentator on prison matters in the penal press. He has navigated the troublesome waters of incarceration for the past 8 years, in both […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | August 23, 2013 | Prison Life
Initial Designation at a Federal Bureau of Prisons Facility Federal prisoners are not given a choice in which prison they are first designated to. This designation is made by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Designation and Sentence Computation Center (DSCC) in Grand Prairie, Texas. Initial designation determinations are based upon a number of factors. These factors […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | August 14, 2013 | News
On April 26, 2013, David Lee Kemp, 43, turned himself into the Comanche County, Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office. He was actively being sought by the FBI, U.S. Marshals, and other law enforcement agencies for escaping from the Comanche County Jail 14 years earlier. “He said that he was just tired basically of running and it was […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | August 1, 2013 | Prison Life
Earlier this week, a loyal Prison Law Blog reader presented a situation to us and asked for our help. The reader said that his elderly family member, who’s currently incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons on a crack cocaine-related offense, had served 24 years in prison — has maintained a clean disciplinary record — […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | May 21, 2013 | Prison News
Unique circumstances have combined to make northern Louisiana a prime location for private prisons, as Louisiana sheriffs can profit by letting a private company build and operate facilities that house both local prisoners and prisoners from other jurisdictions. Meanwhile, other parish prisons – especially those in the densely-populated southern part of the state – and […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | May 14, 2013 | Legal Rights
An increasing number of American citizens have been questioned, detained, and even deported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as a result of databases that incorrectly identify them as undocumented immigrants. According to the New York Times, “Detentions of citizens are part of the widening impact on […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | May 13, 2013 | Support Groups
Avoiding aggression in prison is not easy sometimes. In prison, there are two sets of informal social rules which inmates must follow. One set of informal rules is utilized when dealing with fellow inmates, and the other more formal set is used when dealing with the guards. At times — when the guards are being […]
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