For decades, many have argued that providing education to inmates was an exercise in futility. This argument was destroyed when the Harvard debating team lost to...
The proposed early release of 6,000 federal inmates is a major announcement, but still just one small step in reducing our national mass incarceration crisis....
Proponents of prison reform were somewhat pleased by your bill filed last week to end private prisons for federal, state, and local inmates. Private prisons...
“Whistleblower” originates from the whistle used by a referee to call an illegal or foul play. The term also has referred to an individual who...
Sen. Bernie Sanders understands that our system of justice is broken. The United States has 25% of the world’s inmates and only 5% of the world’s...
The family of Freddy Gray has agreed to a tentative settlement of 6.4 million with the city of Baltimore. The settlement requires the final approval...
All of America has heard of Freddie Gray’s tragic death. Freddie Gray, a 25-year old Baltimore black man suffered severe injuries during his arrest...
For the first time in a modern presidential election, candidates from both parties are talking about our “Mass Incarceration Crisis.”Before this upcoming election, candidates usually...
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) was launched 32 years ago by two former military officers and a former prison administrator. It was the first for-profit...
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, between 2001-2011, 3217 inmates committed suicide in local jails. The difference between an inmate in jail and an...