Christopher Zoukis, JD | May 7, 2025 | Educational Programs
Perhaps the most effective measure of the MAC Program’s success is in statements made by those who have participated in it. On AFOI’s website https://afoi.org/, under the heading “Why I like the Milk and Cookies Program…” statements from the child participants are provided. They read as follows: As you can see, Assisting Families of Inmates’ […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | May 7, 2025 | Educational Programs
Allowing supervised access to the internet could help with rehabilitation and reduce recidivism. Internet and computer access dominates most people’s lives to a major degree in many countries around the world. More than 45 percent of the world population has an internet connection at home — that’s fast approaching 4 billion people. In the United […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | May 7, 2025 | Advocacy and Reform
No one needs convincing that prison is probably a lonely place, filled with hostile guards and dangerous inmates. At least from the Hollywood point of view, the only comfort for most convicts is a letter from home or the occasional visit from family or friends. Sadly, though, a new study indicates that many prisoners do […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | May 7, 2025 | Prison Life
The other day a Prison Law Blog reader presented a question. “My father is preparing to serve a sentence in a federal prison camp. He doesn’t have a lot of money or other resources. What will the Federal Bureau of Prisons provide him for his basic needs?” Obviously, a good question. In fact, it’s sad […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | May 7, 2025 | Prison Life
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, […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | May 7, 2025 | Educational Programs
STUDENTS FROM A WHITMAN COLLEGE AND INMATES AT WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARYARE LEARNING PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS TOGETHER. Anthony Covert made a bad decision. At just 18 years of age, he had a disagreement with a peer over a girl. The two decided to duke it out, but Covert upped the ante by bringing a stolen gun to […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | May 7, 2025 | Prison Industries
Federal Prison Industries, known as UNICOR to most, is the for-hire prison labor arm of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Inside the prisons, UNICOR is known as the best employment that one can hope to obtain. This is because they pay the best wages; $0.23 to $1.15 an hour plus $0.20 an hour for premium […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | May 7, 2025 | Prison Research Papers
Inmate students report increased self-confidence and raised self-esteem. They are calmer, and their presence leads to a safer prison environment. Inmates who participate in educational programs develop an improved outlook, increased self-esteem, and confidence to set goals. Prison education also has a positive effect on behavior, with prisoners often becoming role models for others. The Hidden […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | May 7, 2025 | Educational Programs
Generally, crime is a violation of generally agreed-upon societal norms that have been codified into law via criminalization. The concept is that society has deemed certain actions to be acceptable and others to be unacceptable, and when someone violates a social norm we expect that they will be chastised. This chastisement maintains the agreed-upon social […]
Read MoreChristopher Zoukis, JD | May 7, 2025 | Prison Life
In American prisons, inmates are held to specific codes of conduct. In the Federal Bureau of Prisons, if prisoners violate these codes of conduct, they are subject to disciplinary proceedings, which can result in the loss of telephone, visitation, commissary, and email privileges, loss of good conduct time, confinement to solitary confinement, or even a […]
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