Photo Requests from Solitary (PRFS) is an activist art project that offers support to people living in long-term solitary confinement, while affirming their humanity and creativity. The project is an artistic collaboration transcending prison walls and a tool for educating … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): Federal courts imposed prison sentences on black men that were 19% longer than those imposed on similarly situated white men between 2011 and 2016, reports the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC). In addition, federal prison … Continued
Posted at https://medium.com/@glennEmartin/a-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-for-juvenile-lifers-in-pennsylvania-33975c63a6d7 By Glenn E. Martin, JustLeadershipUSA On Labor Day 2017, Giovanni Jerry Reid of Philadelphia was released from Graterford Prison in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He had served 26 years of a life sentence without possibility of parole, imposed … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): A new report issued this week by the U.S. Sentencing Commission confirmed why our federal drug mandatory minimum sentencing laws should be eliminated. The results will not surprise many of you, but we wanted to … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): The number of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) held in local jails nearly doubled from between 1999 and 2014, according to a Bureau of Justice Statistics analysis covered by The Crime Report. During this … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): Nearly all American Indian tribes have rejected the option of pursuing the death penalty against their citizens for federal crimes committed on their land, reports the Associated Press. “Congress expanded the list of death-penalty eligible … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): In “Growth in the U.S. Ex-Felon and Ex-Prisoner Population, 1948 to 2010,” Sarah Shannon and colleagues estimate that one-third of black men had a felony conviction in 2010—a significant increase over the past 30 years … Continued
From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): A powerful group of Republican and Democratic senators have come together in support of federal sentencing and prison reform. Yesterday, the group, led by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), introduced the Sentencing Reform and … Continued
Lackawanna County Commissioner Patrick M. O’Malley pins a captain’s badge on County Corrections Officer William Shanley. A civil lawsuit alleges that Shanley was part of an elaborate sexual assault scheme in Lackwanna County Prison, and that O’Malley played a role in … Continued
September 27, 2017|12:18 PM ET JOSE OLIVARES Recent numbers released by the Justice Department show a drop in overall youth incarceration rates in the United States. But a closer look at the data shows a widening gap between black and … Continued