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Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Filed under: Art
California Prisoners Embracing Arts by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In November 2022, about 20 prisoners at California Institution for Men (CIM) in Chino staged a dance show. You read that right. Smashing what New York Times reporter Brian Selbert called “prison culture codes of masculine behavior,” the men …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
State Prison Systems Failing to Provide Meaningful Programming by Casey Bastian By Casey J. Bastian There are around 1.25 million prisoners in state prison systems. Prior to incarceration, most were poor, uneducated, disadvantaged or marginalized. But wait-lists for prison education and other programming indicate prisoners desire to better themselves. Yet …
Article • May 9, 2023
Former Federal Prisoner Markets Game App He Developed Behind Bars by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Prison is often compared to as a pressure cooker, exerting powerful forces that can either make or break someone. With a stunning list of achievements, Eric Van Buren is not one of the …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Education
College Education Disrupted for Washington Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss At the same time the federal government is once again opening Pell Grants to prisoners, some have been left scrambling in Washington by closure of the State Reformatory (WSR) – which hosted the state’s primary college program …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Art, Prisoner Media, TV/Movies
MTV Documentary Shines Light on Art Behind Bars by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Etymology, the study of word origins, provides insight into commonly used words. For instance, ‘cell’ and ‘hell’ share an ancient root meaning ‘hide’: A resident of either is unseen, hidden away from society and the realm …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Educating Prisoners: New Meta-Analysis Reinforces That It Reduces Recidivism by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders With the highest incarceration rate in the world – over six out of every 1,000 people – America has long known there is one thing that consistently reduces recidivism: education. A recent meta-analysis conducted by …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Fifth Circuit Greenlights Suit by Louisiana Prisoners Held in Local Jails Beyond Release Date by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that Louisiana prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity (QI) for delays in calculating release …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Student Loan Debt and Prisoners by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon After Pres. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) took action in August 2022 to forgive up to $20,000 in federal or federally insured student loan debt, nearly 22 million of some 44 million Americans affected rushed to sign up. Prisoners …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Hepatitis, Tattoos
Minnesota Department of Corrections Searching for Tattooist for New Prison Program by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) began advertising for a new position in April 2022: A professional tattoo artist. The new hire will serve prisoners from a tattoo parlor being opened at Stillwater …
Article • December 27, 2022
Oklahoma Prison Industries Partially Shut Down After Convicted Child Molester Uses Work Computer to Download Kiddie Porn by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 30, 2022, the new Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) addressed a scandal that began unfolding eight months earlier, when …
Article • December 21, 2022
Filed under: Computers, Wrongful Death
One Idaho Detainee Kills Another in Jail Fight Over Tablet Use by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 28, 2022, a man who fatally beat a fellow detainee at Idaho’s Madison County Jail was sentenced for the murder. Robert Pompa, 27, will spend at least 27 years …
Article • December 5, 2022
Filed under: Education
3,338 Texas Prisoners Taking College Courses with Pell Grants by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott    In July 2023, the Biden White House will return the hope of education to more prisoners by restoring the financial assistance provided by Pell Grants. The federal need-based funding for college courses …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Education
New Federal ‘Fresh Start’ Student Loan Policy May Help Prisoners in Default by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 26, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced a new “fresh start” policy for people whose student loans are in default, and it may help prisoners who would otherwise …
Ninth Circuit Terminates Idaho Prison Conditions Lawsuit After 40 Years of Litigation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 22, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed termination of all prospective relief in a long-running class action alleging unconstitutional conditions at the Idaho State …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Florida and California Experiments Use Direct Cash Assistance to Newly Released Prisoners to Combat Recidivism by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “Guaranteed income is a wayto recognize everyone’s inherent dignity,” declared an op-ed in Florida’s Gainesville Sun on November 5, 2021. Penned by Mayor Lauren Poe (D) and Kevin Scott, …
Article • July 19, 2022
GED Cheating Scheme Uncovered at Montana CoreCivic Prison by Kaden Gicker By Kaden Gicker The academic testing program at Montana’s Crossroads Correctional Center (CCC) was “indefinitely suspended” after a test administrator was found helping prisoners cheat. The tests under suspicion were high school equivalency exams, and the allegations resulted in …
Publication • 2022
CFPB-Justice Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace-Jan. 2022 CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU | JANUARY 2022 Justice-Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace C cial e r Finan C o n s uctimon Bureau Prote Table of contents Table of contents......................................................................................................... 1 Executive summary..................................................................................................... 2 1. Introduction........................................................................................................... 3 2. Pretrial …
Publication • 2022
NCLC-Collection at All Costs-Examining the Intersection of Mass Incarceration, July 2022 COLLECTION AT ALL COSTS Examining the Intersection of Mass Incarceration and the Student Debt Crisis July 2022 PROTEC TBOR ROWER S .ORG Acknowledgments This report benefited from gracious review and input by Bradley Custer of the Center for American …
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Release and Reentry
University of Maryland-Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes, 2022-03 Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes: The Unger Story Michael A. Millemann Jennifer Elisa Chapman Samuel P. Feder University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022–03 ....... ~ ..· IV'ERSITY. of MARYLAN'D …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Filed under: Education
What to Know about Using Pell Grants to Take College Classes in Prison by Richard Hahn by Richard Hahn THE VALUE OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCAtion to people who complete courses in prison is well established. The Second Chance Pell (SCP) Pilot, which offered federal grants to help prisoners pay for college …
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