by Kevin Bliss
Nancy King, a 70-year old woman with a history of mental health issues, was shot and killed at the Spokane County Jail (SCJ) December 4, 2020, after entering the lobby carrying a knife.
Jack King, Nancy’s nephew, told the Spokane-Review that Nancy King suffered from alcoholism and ...
by Kevin Bliss and Keith Sanders
Six months after the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a highly critical report accusing the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MADOC) of violating the constitutional rights of mentally ill prisoners by holding them in isolation too long, the agency has not made conditions any less ...
by Kevin Bliss
Expansion of the prison industrial complex over the past decades has included the privatization of health care which has come at the detriment to those inside, according to a recent study.
Micaela Gelman, professor of New York University School of Law, penned the article, Mismanaged Care: Exploring ...
by Kevin Bliss
Vice News and North Carolina Health News (NCHN) completed a study of the North Carolina Department of Corrections (NCDOC) to examine COVID-related deaths and published an article based on the results. It said that the number of deaths linked the virus was greatly underreported.
Billy Bingham, a ...
by Kevin Bliss
New York state Senator Velmanette Montgomery sponsored a bill passed by both houses in August 2020 and signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo that will require the Department of Corrections and Community Services (DOCCS) to begin housing prisoners in prisons closest to the residences of their ...
by Kevin Bliss and David M. Reutter
After a blockbuster report by federal investigators in December 2020 that slammed Florida’s Lowell Correctional Institution (LCI) for subjecting women to serial abuse, two state lawmakers rushed to act.
Rep. Diane Hart filed legislation in January 2021 to create a volunteer Citizens Oversight Council ...
by Kevin Bliss
Izzie Ramirez, reporter for Vice, wrote a summary of the many resources available to anyone wishing to learn about the U.S. prison system. The article, published Jan. 22, 2021, discusses the varied inequalities of the prison industrial complex and how it exploits people for financial gain. ...
by Kevin Bliss
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has postponed COVID-19 vaccinations for prisoners, although a March 1, 2021 story by The Marshall Project and the Associated Press placed the state prison system eighth in the nation in deaths, per 100,000 prisoners, due to the virus.
The ADOC has ...
by Kevin Bliss
In a report published January 2, 2021, two immigrant advocacy groups — Advocate Visitors with Immigrants in Detention (AVID) and Immigration Law Lab (ILL) — accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials of holding migrants in abuse-ridden detention camps.
The prolonged use of solitary confinement, ice-cold detention ...
by Kevin Bliss
The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) houses over 3,200 prisoners in solitary confinement at any given time, according to a report, “Solitary: The Family Experience,” released in February of this year by the civil rights group Citizens for Prison Reform (CPR).
The report discussed the effects of ...
