Most inmates want and look forward to visits from family and friends. It is a brief chance for the inmate to see a loved one and...
A new documentary, “Outcasts: Surviving the Culture of Rejection,” explores the history of recidivism and what the writer and director of this documentary calls the culture...
In 2003, Martha Wright-Reed filed a petition asking the FCC to regulate the excessive inmate phone call rates. The petition was filed on behalf of inmate...
According to the American Civil Liberties Union, approximately 80,000 people are kept in solitary confinement in the United States. Although a number of the inmates are...
Updated 7/18/2013 – Approximately two thirds of the state’s 33 prisons are currently striking. It is estimated that the number of striking inmates, on hunger strike,...
Many of our states have serious problems with their prisons, and California is usually out front leading the pack. Last week, PrisonPath posted an article about...
Resettlement prisons are part of a shake-up of England’s prison system. The English correctional system will have eventually 70 resettlement prisons. The majority of offenders released...
Australia is now considering their first dedicated prison for the elderly. The prison-nursing home would be built in western Victoria. The state and federal prison systems...
The latest polls from California show that most citizens are willing to reduce prison populations as long as public safety is not sacrificed. Over the last...
Children of Incarcerated Parents The Sunday Morning show had a story about Sesame Street helping the children of the incarcerated. The United States has the largest...