07/13/2019
New York Could Become First State To Be Completely Done With Private Prisons
New York State has been leading the way in flexing its muscles with respect to the private prison industry. Let’s take a look at what these three policies in concert mean, and what may come next as Bill S5433 goes to the Assembly and ultimately the Governor for approval as soon as this week.
03/25/2019
What a story !
What a testimony! Your past does not have to define your future. Photo courtesy of Ira Warren
03/20/2019
Innocent people wrongly convicted of crimes beg N.J. to fix broken system
What does New Jersey owe somebody when it takes years of their life away?
10/03/2018
Colo. prison system looks beyond solitary confinement as solution
By overusing the “steel door solution,” Colo. DOC executive director said, prisons “had lost sight of the mission'
10/03/2018
Ta**us Buchanan Wins Parole in Louisiana After 25 Years
At 16, one deadly punch sent him away for life. The Supreme Court gave him a second chance at freedom.
10/02/2018
Prison Reform Advocate Kim Kardashian West Is Wearing Money
One could certainly interpret Kim Kardashian West’s head-to-toe trench coat and boot ensemble printed with fake dollar bills valued by Page Six at a total of $7825 (including a $4,000 crystal emoji coinpurse) as a powerful statement about how we consume income inequality as entertainment in Americ...
10/02/2018
Blagojevich, in Friday op-ed: National debate on prison and sentencing reform is 'long overdue'
Once a prosecutor, then a politician, and now a prisoner, Rod Blagojevich has penned an op-ed condemning the nation’s prison and sentencing systems as broken and in need of “serious reforms.”
10/02/2018
Blagojevich Writes Op-Ed on Prison Reform From Behind Bars
Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich wrote an op-ed from behind bars calling for prison reform.