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State Prisons Die Hard
Elderly Inmates Burden State Prisons
At least 23 states spend less on prisons
Incarceration in Local Jails and State Prisons
Ending de facto debtors’ prisons in the United States
John and Sam were trapped in a vicious cycle of incarceration. When money was scarce, John would make Sam’s court payment instead of his own so she could stay out of jail and care for their child. It was a heartbreaking choice that he made more than once. John...
Vaccine Hesitancy Among Guards and Inmates Could Threaten State Prisons
College Classes Get a Boost at New York State Prisons
Prisons and jails comprise the largest COVID clusters in the United States
Utah Rep. Marsha Judkins Proposes Research into Racial Disparities in State’s Prisons
States Shouldn’t Be Using COVID Relief Money to Build More Prisons
Across the country, states are leveraging federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act’s (ARPA) sizeable and flexible State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to invest in programs—like community violence interventions and behavioral health support ...
FCC lowers rates for interstate phone calls from jails and prisons
Lee G. Petro, lead attorney from Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on a groundbreaking case on prison phone call rates, sat down with the Family Justice Program to discuss the implications of a recent ruling by the Federal Communications Commission that dramatica...