Before we can discuss what jail is like, you need to understand the differences between a state prison and a jail. Most people on the outside...
Our last article discussed that our jails and prisons are the dumping grounds for the mentally ill. Dumping ground can also mean death for mentally ill...
The relationship between inmates and correctional officers is complicated by the various issues that arise from an artificial environment. When you enter a prison, you enter...
During the next four weeks, prisonpath.com will discuss conditions in our prisons and jails. This posting examines New York City’s Riker’s violence against mentally ill inmates....
Inmate Review – Orange is the New Black We have discussed, the realism of prison life on the hit show, “Orange is the New Black.” The...
It is 2014, and a Pennsylvania woman died in jail this past weekend. Eileen DiNino was discovered dead on Saturday night in her cell in Berk’s...
Most Americans are surprised to learn that the United States has five percent of the world’s population and twenty-five percent of the world’s inmates....
I have posted excepts about inmates and correctional officers from my soon to be completed prison memoir. Prisons are not just filled with inmates and guards....
Jerome Murdough, a 56-year-old former U.S. Marine was arrested last month in New York City for trespassing. He was looking for a warm place to sleep...
In August of 2013, prisonpath.com posted an article about prisons and jails that forbid letters to inmates, but will allow only postcards. The Hillsborough County jail, in...
