We have received numerous inquiries about contacting a family member or friend who is incarcerated. There are usually no e-mail communications with inmates. You cannot contact...
This past New York Times editorial succinctly described one of the major causes of our over crowded prison systems and the escalating costs of incarceration. A substantial...
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart appeared last night on 60 minutes to illustrate a growing problem with our prisons and jails, Dart shared videos recorded by...
Recidivism is a 10-letter word. When you first hear the word, it sounds like a disease. We know it is not a medical term, but it...
We are living in a world where up is down and down is up. For example, the United States has five percent of the world’s population...
Michael Douglas took aim at the U.S. prison system after winning an Emmy last night. Cameron Douglas is serving a nine-year sentence for drug related charges...
Many Americans argue that prisons are nice country clubs and do not need reforms. It is stressed that inmates receive lodging, meals, and therefore should not complain...
We love to voice our opinions with extreme examples. Point in mind – Ariel Castro. Since his assumed suicide, jails-prisons suicides have become the latest hot...
There were two new reports about our jails this past weekend. The Bureau of Justice Statistics defines jails as follows: “Jails are locally-operated short term facilities...
Ariel Castro committed suicide by hanging himself with a sheet in his cell on September 4th. Although we are not sympathetic with the end of Castro,...