Photo-Austin Archives PrisonPath, at the request of its visitors, will post every week the latest news about Prison America. The United States has the most inmates...
Picture of Lewis Prison by CBS-5 News Inmates throughout prisons in the United States planned a national strike starting on September 9th. Inmates in 24 states...
The United States is number one for the most inmates ( 80,000 inmates) held in solitary confinement ( also called segregation). The use of solitary confinement...
Dismas House (for more information: http://www.dismas.com/) By Ray Wm. Smith, Ed.D., D.Min. In 1975, the Presbyterian Church voted to prepare a position paper which would set...
In August, the United States Justice Department announced that the Federal Bureau of Prisons will phase out the use of private prisons. This decision was based...
Dr. Charles Zeiders, a Philadelphia based Clinical & Forensic Psychologist, has just published a breakthrough article in the international Journal of Christian Healing entitled “A Psychological...
Michael Gibson-Light, a doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona School of Sociology has reported after conducting research at an Arizona State prison on prison labor...
A Requiem for Private Prisons and a Last Call too. Catholic readers of this site probably know the meaning of the word “requiem.” A Requiem Mass...
All of America has read or heard conflicting opinions about the issue of “Punishment vs. Rehabilitation.”The far right and conservative lawmakers believe in strict punishment...
If you are a federal offender and have a verifiable substance abuse problem, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) by law provides a very specialized program...
