The Best 500 Nonprofit Organizations for Prisoners and Their Families (2nd Ed.), edited by George Kayer
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing, July 2014). 130 pages, $18.99
Book review by Gary Hunter
Help! For prisoners and their families, “help” is a word that’s all too familiar. And while many share problems that ...
Norris Henderson: A Profile of Commitment to Criminal Justice Reform
by Gary Hunter
In 1977, Norris Henderson arrived at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, more commonly known, then and now, as just Angola. With the weight of a life sentence on his shoulders, he had to confront the prison’s ...
In July 2013, Armor Correctional Health Services agreed to settle a wrongful death suit by paying $800,000 to the family of Allen Daniel Hicks, Sr., who died after being denied medical care while incarcerated at a jail in Hillsborough County, Florida. The county paid another $200,000 to Hicks’ family.
On ...
Banking and Financial Management Course (1st Ed.), by Prisoner Assistant
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing, July 2013). 119 pages, $30.00
Book review by Gary Hunter
Life outside prison crosses the minds of most prisoners daily, but how many times do those thoughts include the direction of their financial future? ...
Four high ranking officials from Waller County resigned their offices after a federal investigation revealed that they were soliciting and accepting kickbacks and bribes in return for awarding construction contracts.
In February 2009, Larry W. Wilson Sr. and Paris Kincaid Jr. pleaded guilty to soliciting kickbacks. Wilson was mayor pro-tem ...
California Top Cop Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison
By Gary Hunter
"I need a sheriff I can trust. Lying will not be tolerated in this courtroom, especially by the county's highest-ranking law enforcement officer."
That's what U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford told ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona just ...
By Gary Hunter
Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett was arrested by federal authorities on January 8, 2009, after he admitted to pocketing $200,000 designated for prisoners' meals in the Alabama jail.
Johnny Maynor and Anthony Murphree, prisoners in the jail, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern ...
By Gary Hunter
Several states have started websites listing the names of convicted methamphetamine manufacturers. Tennessee started the first online registry in 2005 with a list of about 400 names. Georgia, Oklahoma, Washington and West Virginia followed shortly after. Oregon has gone as far as to alert residents when a ...
On February 27, 2008, Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General for the State of Connecticut, announced that his office had sued 13 contractors and their insurers seeking more than $18 million in connection with the construction of 22 buildings at the York Correctional Institution – the state’s only prison for women.
The ...
For nearly two decades, Colorado state prisoner Marke E. Bogle worked as a licensed electrician for the Colorado Department of Corrections. In 1987, with the prison system’s approval, he tested and obtained his journeyman’s license. The next year he was licensed as a master electrician, and prison officials paid for ...
