Bermuda was represented at an elite conference on prison reform where officials voted it a success. Keeva Joell-Benjamin, Commissioner of Corrections, represented the island at the regional ...
Prison Guard Murder Conviction Highlights Need for Large-Scale Reform In response to the Oct. 20 verdict finding a state corrections officer guilty of murder and other related incidents, trial ...
If your city hosts a prison or detention facility that’s outside of its control, it’s natural to wonder what local policy can do to improve conditions. But the truth, abolitionists argue, is that ...
The First Step Act represented one of the most significant federal prison reform efforts in decades. Passed with bipartisan support in 2018, the law was intended to reduce recidivism, expand ...
President-elect Donald Trump and nominees for his upcoming administration often discuss cutting spending to reduce the debt. Some of the targets are familiar, but one that is never mentioned is the ...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill Friday, which seeks to reform prisons across the state. The reforms in the bill include more cameras in prisons, ...
It’s easy for us to ignore prisons. After all, they are often tucked away in remote rural areas — far enough from most of us ...
Noting that a mistake in a person’s life need not become his entire identity, Justice Nitin Suryawanshi of the Bombay High Court’s Aurangabad bench on Saturday said prisons may restrict freedom but ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Two months after a documentary took viewers inside of Alabama’s maximum-security facilities, called ‘The Alabama Solution,’ prison reform advocates are calling for an ADOC ...
Governor Abigail Spanberger along with other state leaders, announced major reform for the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) at an event Tuesday. This comes after more than a year of News 5's ...