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Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Release and Reentry, jobs
$1.1 Million Colorado Initiative Set to Assist Prisoners With More Employment Opportunities Upon Release by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Individuals leaving prison often face obstacles securing basic necessities like employment, housing, and health care. This can make reintegration into society exceedingly difficult. The restrictions and limited opportunities that ex-prisoners …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Justice Department Releases Ten-Year Recidivism Study by Matthew Clarke Follows a half-million state prisoners released in 2008 by Matt Clarke From 2016 through 2019, the last years for which reliable data are available, about 10.5 million arrests were made in the U.S. annually. Averaged over a decade, that’s less than …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Colorado Using SWIFT but Cheap Wildlands Firefighters by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For many years PLN has reported on prison systems across the nation like those in Arkansas and Texas that pay prisoners nothing for the work they are required to perform. Others, like Louisiana, pay only pennies per …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Filed under: Education
How Trump Made a Tiny Christian College the Nation’s Biggest Prison Educator by Eli Hager by Eli Hager, The Marshall Project Six years ago, Ashland University, a small Christian college in the north-central region of Ohio known as the “Buckeye Bible Belt,” was in trouble. The school was $70 million …
Brief • October 19, 2021
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consent Order Re JPay, 2021 2021-CFPB-0006 Document 1 Filed 10/19/2021 Page 1 of 42 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING File No. 2021-CFPB-0006 In the Matter of: CONSENT ORDER JPay, LLC The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) has reviewed the practices of …
Brief • September 30, 2021
Filed under: Tattoos, Censorship, Magazines
Lindgren v. State of Iowa, IA, Order, Censorship of Magazines, 2021 Case 4:18-cv-00404-RP-SHL Document 41 Filed 09/30/21 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA CENTRAL DIVISION MICHAEL LINDGREN, v. Plaintiff, STATE OF IOWA and THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendants. 4:18-cv-00404-RP-SHL …
Publication • July 8, 2021
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Ltr to Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Re Pell Grant Restoration 2021 WASHINGTON, DC 20510 July 8, 2021 The Honorable Patty Murray Chair Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations 136 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 …
Charles H. V. District of Columbia, DC, Order Granting Preliminary Injuction, Special Education to Students in Jail, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00997-CJN Document 37 Filed 06/16/21 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARLES H., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-00997 (CJN) DISTRICT OF …
Charles H. V. District of Columbia, DC, Memorandum Opinion, Special Education to Students in Jail, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00997-CJN Document 38 Filed 06/16/21 Page 1 of 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARLES H., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-00997 (CJN) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et. …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Advocacy, Art
Activism and Art Team Up to Abolish Mass Incarceration by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Imagine a future in America that is radically different than it is today—an America where police do not brutalize and kill people, a society without institutionalized racism and classism, a country where jails and prisons …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Education
Prisoners Find Their Voice in Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Jennifer Bowen Hicks wandered the United States for many years freelancing for literary magazines and teaching writing classes before making her home in Minnesota. In 2011, she decided to share her unique writing skill with …
Publication • 2021
US DOJ, Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 24 States in 2008, a 10 Year Follow-Up, 2021 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics SEPTEMBER 2021 Special Report NCJ 256094 Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 24 States in 2008: A 10-Year Follow-Up Period (2008–2018) Leonardo Antenangeli, …
Publication • 2021
Does Visitation in Prison Reduce Recidivism Does Visitation in Prison Reduce Recidivism? Yuki Otsu∗† Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo October 21, 2021 Abstract Visitation in prison is associated with a low recidivism rate after release, but the causality is not clear. This paper tries to estimate …
Publication • 2021
US Sentencing Commission - Recidivism of Federal Offenders Released in 2010 ... RECIDIVISM OF FEDERAL OFFENDERS RELEASED IN 2010 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION September 2021 United States Sentencing Commission One Columbus Circle, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 www.ussc.gov Charles R. Breyer Acting Chair Patricia K. Cushwa Ex Officio Jonathan J. Wroblewski …
Publication • 2021
American Economic Journal, Impacts of Private Prison Contracting on Inmate Time Served and Recividism, 2021 American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2021, 13(2): 408–438 https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20170474 Impacts of Private Prison Contracting on Inmate Time Served and Recidivism† By Anita Mukherjee* This paper examines the impact of private prison contracting by exploiting staggered …
Publication • 2021
The Sentencing Project, a New Lease on Life, 2021 A New Lease on Life THE SENTENCING - - PROJECT RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY FOR REFORM THE SENTENCING - - PROJECT RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY FOR REFORM For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Art
Banksy Artwork Appears on Jail in England by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Artwork that appeared on the side of Reading Prison in Berkshire, England, according to curator Vince John, appears to be a “new Banksy.” The painting shows a prisoner in stripped garb escaping on a rope made …
Charles H. V. District of Columbia, DC, Complaint, Special Education to Students in Jail, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00997-CJN Document 4 Filed 04/09/21 Page 1 of 55 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) ) ) ) ) ISRAEL F., ) Civil Action No. _______________ 1901 E Street, SE …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Art
Prisoner Art on Display in New York City Exhibition by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Whether in a jail or a prison, the sight of a person drawing cards or decorating envelopes and even doing portraits is not uncommon. Art is a major part of prison life, a way of …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Federal Educational Aid Restored for State and Federal Prisoners by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Need help paying for college while in prison? Getting financial aid in prison for college got easier on December 20, 2020. That’s when Congress passed a $1.4 trillion government spending bill for 2021 that included …
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