Concerned about overcrowded youth detention centers, Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court officials sought safer settings and a better path forward for kids. Apryl Gordon agreed to offer such a place at…
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From following strict dress codes to being frisked, visiting family in prison at New Jersey State Prison has always been a headache. But lingering COVID-19 restrictions have created a whole…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s letter to Oakland city leaders last month urging them to change the city’s policy on police vehicle chases seemed out of the ordinary: a governor weighing in…
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A new, groundbreaking study provides extensive documentation of the IPV-to-prison pipeline—the pathways through which women who are survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) find themselves serving long prison sentences for…
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Yes, the pace of progress has slowed on bipartisan criminal justice reform, but it certainly continues. Not that long ago, in the summer of 2020, the moment seemed ripe for…
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Advocates for women in California prisons were backing legislation that would have banned solitary confinement of incarcerated pregnant people — until the author, under pressure from prison officials in Gov. Gavin…
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The prison population of England and Wales has hit a record high after rising by nearly 1,000 in four weeks. The sharp increase is believed to have been driven by the number…
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Washington is sitting on millions of dollars collected from incarcerated people for phone calls and other fees — money that is kept in the Incarcerated Individual Betterment Fund and that…
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Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Colette Peters has so many challenges facing the agency she leads that even glimmers of good news are touted as major successes. The BOP…
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In the past several years, the closures of small- to medium-sized colleges like Nyack College and The College of Saint Rose have brought an extremely high level of disruption and…
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Wisconsin’s prison population has swelled since a pandemic dip, complicating efforts to address dangerous conditions that were highlighted in June when prosecutors criminally charged nine Waupun Correctional Institution workers, including the former…