Administrative Segregation and Violence Reduction Initiative in PA Prisons

The Department of Corrections has established many committees and subcommittees to review its use of administrative segregation in an effort to reduce the use WHILE also reducing prison violence. Here is an article describing an effort in the Somerset facility. Published in the PittsburghTribune Review (07/04/2016) Prisons to follow discipline model set by … Continued

A View from Solitary During the DNC

Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-07-21/juvenile-justice/a-view-from-solitary-during-the-dnc/a53100-1 July 21, 2016 – Mary Kuhlman, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window PHILADELPHIA – A time out, protective custody and segregation are all terms used to describe solitary confinement – a practice experienced by … Continued

Urge PA’s Senators to Support the Newly Enhanced Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act

From the National Council of Churches (http://www.ncccusa.org): Recently senators from both sides of the aisle stood together as they announced new enhancements to the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. The changes are designed to broaden even further the bi-partisan support this … Continued