Fiscal Pressures Lead Some States to Free Inmates Early
NEW!!! Latest study from the Justice Policy Institute on the impact of jailing on local communities: http://www.justicepolicy.org/images/upload/08-04_REP_JailingCommunities_AC.pdf
Torture in Our Own Backyards: The Fight Against Supermax Prisons
NEW!!! Even the conservative Heritage Foundation thinks this is too much!! 1 percent of U.S. adults behind bars
Two follow-up articles: Prison-growth study debated
Stop Filling Prisons, California -- Advocates to Take Sentencing Reform Case to Voters
Poor medical care at Nevada prison cited
NEW!! Unlocking America: Why and How to Reduce America's Prison Population - http://www.jfa-associates.com/publications/srs/UnlockingAmerica.pdf
What happens to those who are exonerated after years behind bars or on death row? Read this two-part series in the New York Times: Free and Uneasy
For Women Behind Bars, "Health Care" Can Be Deadly
Criminalization of individuals with severe psychiatric disorders
Those on parole have paid their debts
Can't get enough California inmates
Jailing Nation: How Did Our Prison System Become Such a Nightmare?
It pays to have money. For $82 a Day, Booking a Cell in a 5-Star Jail
New!!! Excellent piece by Paul Street - Reverse Reparations: Race, Place, and the Vicious Circle of Mass Incarceration
Jail’s Return in Brooklyn Raises Hopes and Fears
Detaining Immigrant Families & CCA: Two Related Articles
Give ex-felons a second chance
Another case of injustice!! Outrageous Injustice
Cases of innocent men released from prison.
Prison and Jail Population Rises Again - click here for full report: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim05.pdf
California Prison Crisis - see Little Hoover Commission Report
Calif. to Transfer Inmates Out of State
State fills up prisons with drug criminals
From the Sentencing Project! Incarceration and Crime
http://www.sentencingproject.org/pdfs/incarceration-crime.pdf