The U.S. Justice Department is taking concerted steps toward ending the federal government’s contracts with private prison operators. FSRN’s Nell Abram reports. Download Audio As federal contracts with private prison companies come up for...
A U.S. District court has struck down a Pennsylvania law that prevented persons convicted of violent crimes from public speech. The state law – which was struck down on constitutional grounds – was widely...
Former Black Panther and imprisoned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal remains hospitalized Tuesday evening, though his condition is now stable. Three members of his family have been allowed to see him – but only after standing...
Last September, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill mandating that condoms be available in all of the state’s 34 adult prisons. California is only the second state, after Vermont, to provide condoms to...
New York City officials announced a plan this week that would amount to long sought-after changes in Rikers Island, one of the largest prisons in the United States. Linda Perry Barr has more from...
For many, the holiday season is a time for coming home. This year some Californians will be with their families years, even decades earlier than they planned. They’re prisoners released under Proposition 47, a...
Recidivism rates in Kansas have dropped dramatically since the state’s Department of Corrections introduced a mentoring program which pairs inmates slate for release with community role models. Other states have started to take notice...
Of the 2.5 million Americans in prison, only a small percentage are women, yet females convicted of crimes are jailed at a higher rate than men are and most are charged for non-violent offenses...
[Note for stations: This report contains graphic imagery.] The use of solitary confinement in prisons has come under increased national scrutiny as of late, with many of its critics describing it as torture. While...
A commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal Download It is a national crisis. Worse – it is a crime. Schools all across Black America and in El Barrio are closed, shuttered. What does this mean?...
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