Have overcrowding prison and jails found their solution in this last election? It is acknowledged by all that the American prison system has too many inmates....
While I was researching another topic, I came across this eye opener. Ex–offenders are the untouchables of our American society. You have completed your sentence, but...
Former inmates and avoiding recidivism IT is the age old problem of what to do with those who have completed their sentences. Part of society will...
© 2012 Human Rights Watch Inmate Abuse More Coverage: Report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment on Georgia...
13 wounded in Folsom prison riot Associated Press REPRESA – A riot Wednesday at a California prison holding many of the state’s most hardened criminals left...
The right to vote for felons discharged from prison vary from state to state. For example,there are thirteen states that allow probationers and parolees to vote....
This month, a jury found Drew Peterson, a former Illinois police sergeant turned flamboyant criminal, guilty of the 2004 murder of his ex-wife Kathy Savio. Now,...
Governor Chris Christie gave the key note address at the Republican convention. Many of the pundits were not happy with his speech which was a recitation...
This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. With severe overcrowding easing in state lockups, California is winding down a controversial deal with the nation’s...
By Fareed Zakaria, CNN Something caught my eye the other day: Pat Robertson, the high priest of the religious right, had some startling things to say...