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Raising babies behind bars
A bold experiment in parenting and punishment is allowing children in prison. But is that a good thing? Washington Post: By Justine Jouvenal Prison nursery programs remain rare nationwide, but eight facilities in as many states have opened them amid dramatic growth in the number of incarcerated women. The bold experiment in punishment and parenting has touched off a fierce debate. ... Click here to read more
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A 'hellish world': the mental health crisis overwhelming America's prisons
The Guardian March 31, 2018 by Alisa Roth In America, jails and prisons have become the nation’s de facto mental healthcare providers – and the results are chilling .... Across the country, correctional facilities are struggling with the reality that they have become the nation’s de facto mental healthcare providers, although they are hopelessly ill-equipped for the job. They are now contending with tens of thousands of people with mental illness who, by some counts, make up as much as half of their populations. Read More Is the "First Step Act" Real Reform?
The Marshall Project May 22, 2018 by Justin George The First Step Act, which passed the House of Representatives Tuesday (May 22, 2018) has been a hot-button topic for Congress. It addresses the dire need for rehabilitative services in the federal prison system, proves there is strong bipartisan support for at least modest criminal justice reform and underscores a strategic debate that has split the Democratic Party. Read More Life on Parole — FRONTLINE and The New York Times' investigation of one state’s effort to reduce recidivism and lower prison populations by rethinking how parole works.
With unique access inside Connecticut’s corrections system, the film follows four former prisoners as they re-enter society and navigate the challenges of more than a year on parole — including finding work, staying sober and parenting -- all under intense supervision from the state. From Vaughn Gresham, who was arrested for the first time at age 16, to Jessica Proctor, who spent nearly a decade behind bars for assault with physical injury, Life on Parole is a remarkable, firsthand look at why some people stay out of jail, why some go back, and how one state is trying to break the cycle of recidivism. "I make a living on second chances — that’s what parole is," Officer Katherine Montoya says in the documentary. Don't miss this inside look at how one state's experiment with second chances has played out for offenders, the communities they return to, and the system that's responsible for supervising them. Video Articles The Hardest Lesson on Tier 2C
The Marshall Project :: Eli Hager June 8, 2018 In association with This American Life Attending school in a prison setting was unlike anything I have ever experienced. The very concept of a school in an adult jail is a total paradox. These kids are being prosecuted as adults. They are facing decades in prison and a lifelong criminal record. They are not allowed to visit their families, and are being held with thousands of grown men in a place that is fundamentally unsafe. Everything about their experience is telling them they have no future, no potential, and no worth. But then… there’s school? Read and listen to more When They Get Out: how prisons
Atlantic (1999) by Sasha Abramsky Popular perceptions about crime have blurred the boundaries between fact and politically expedient myth. The myth is that the United States is besieged, on a scale never before encountered, by a pathologically criminal underclass. The fact is that we're not. After spiraling upward during the drug wars, murder rates began falling in the mid-1990s; they are lower today than they were more than twenty years ago. In some cities the murder rate in the late twentieth century is actually lower than it was in the nineteenth century. Nonviolent property-crime rates are in general lower in the United States today than in Great Britain, and are comparable to those in many European countries. Read More Is the "First Step Act" Real Reform?
The Marshall Project May 22, 2018 by Justin George The First Step Act, which passed the House of Representatives Tuesday (May 22, 2018) has been a hot-button topic for Congress. It addresses the dire need for rehabilitative services in the federal prison system, proves there is strong bipartisan support for at least modest criminal justice reform and underscores a strategic debate that has split the Democratic Party. Read More Article: Getting Out of Prison Meant Leaving Dear Friends Behind:
The Marshall Project May 31, 2018 by Robert Wright ...I stop in front of the cell of one of my oldest friends. He looks at me and turns away, wishing me well without looking into my eyes. I give him information on how to get in touch with me. When I go to hand him the piece of paper, I can see he has tears in eyes that he is desperately trying to prevent from falling in my presence. He was sentenced to 40 to life. Never in the 10 years that I have known him have I ever seen him in a moment of weakness. And now it is my departure that is the cause of his vulnerability. We hug through the bars that separate us and exchange I love yous. I walk away knowing he was watching the image of me in the mirror he stuck outside his bars become smaller and smaller, until it would be the last he ever sees of me. ... Read More |
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