by Kevin Bliss
The Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) has been negotiating with a newly organized company called Smart Communications (SC), per a March 24, 2021 article in Vice. Built by CEO Jon Logan, the company’s purpose is to take over the handling of all state or federal prisoners’ ...
by Kevin Bliss
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Agency Watch List published by the New York City Office of the Comptroller listed the NYC Department of Corrections (DOC) as an entity to be “closely monitored” for noncompliance to a Consent Decree issued against the agency in 2015. The City DOC ...
by Kevin Bliss
The Healthy Start Act in Minnesota will allow mothers who give birth while incarcerated more time to bond with their children. Signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz, the bill transfers expectant mothers to transfer from prison to an alternate setting geared specifically to provide mothers and ...
by Kevin Bliss
Palmetto, Florida, Manatee County Central Jail (MCCJ) and the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) received criticism from prisoners’ rights activists when officials decided that 721 prisoners and detainees were exempt from the mandatory evacuation order issued as a result of the state of emergency declared by Governor ...
Report Suggests Lock ‘Em Up Mentality Counterproductive to Public Safety
by Kevin Bliss
The Sentencing Project of Washington, D.C. issued a report in May of 2021 titled “A Second Look at Injustice.” This report stated that the justice system should have goals of rehabilitation and redemption as well as conviction ...
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 ...
