According to Michigan Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard, “Jails have become the dumping ground” for the mentally ill. The sheriff added, “the state and the federal...
After two months of incarceration, it was clear that correctional officers were part–time inmates. Although they went home after their shift, a considerable part of their...
Private medical staff at one Arizona prison told sick inmates requesting medical care, “Be Patient or Pray.” Doctors who visited the prisons in Arizona that provided...
Overcrowded prisons and jails are dangerous to the inmates, correctional officers, and at the end of the day, to society. One major cause of too many...
The relationship between inmates and correctional officers is complicated by the various issues that arise from an artificial environment. When you enter a prison, you enter...
This posting is not about the tragic death of Michael Brown. By now everyone knows that Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager, was shot multiple times by...
A study from Stanford University has revealed the discomfort of American prison statistics. Prison statistics show that the percentage of black Americans in prison is much higher...
The Conan show has created an ad for a wine called “Pruno.” The wine is made in prison and the the cast of Orange is the...
On July 18th, the US Sentencing Commission elected to give 46,000 federal inmates serving excessive sentences for drug charges the ability to file motions for reduced...
During the next four weeks, prisonpath.com will discuss conditions in our prisons and jails. This posting examines New York City’s Riker’s violence against mentally ill inmates....