February 27, 2017 USA: private prison deprived inmates of heat and hot water for months, lawmaker finds News Material conditions United States The 284 women housed in C-dorm at Gadsden Correctional Institution in Quincy lived for months without hot water or heat, faced flooded bathrooms daily and endured water rations when the septic tanks were jammed with food waste.
February 20, 2017 Shaken - Tonia Miller's story Testimonial Women United States Eighteen-year-old Tonia Miller was accused of shaking her baby to death. Listen to Life of the Law’s episode.
February 14, 2017 Even in Texas, mass imprisonment is going out of style News United States In an era of what seems like unprecedented polarization and rancor, this idea has bipartisan support. The Koch brothers and Black Lives Matter agree. The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Conservative Union Foundation agree. Bernie Sanders and Newt Gingrich agree.
February 12, 2017 USA: Guantánamo prison chief says he has no say in Trump policy News United States The prison commander said Sunday he has neither seen nor wants a say on any coming Trump administration executive order that will drive policy on law of war detention here. “Nobody’s asked for my opinion,” Rear Adm. Peter J. Clarke said at a news conference. A reporter asked the 16th commander of t…
February 5, 2017 États-Unis : Washington renonce aux prisons secrètes News United States This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
February 5, 2017 USA: Trump's executive orders could drastically expand family detention centers News Death penalty United States To hear President Donald Trump and his advisors talk about the US southern border, a person would get the impression that the Obama administration had rolled out the red carpet to welcome anyone and everyone who wanted to enter the country. Echoing a statement Trump made often on the campaign trail…
February 1, 2017 USA : Donald Trump nomme Neil Gorsuch comme juge à la Cour suprême, un conservateur qui va plaire aux pro-peine de mort News Violence United States This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
January 31, 2017 United States: number of U.S. prisoners serving life sentences has quadrupled News North America Long-term prisoners United States The number of U.S. prisoners serving life sentences has more than quadrupled over the past three decades, and those eligible for parole are waiting longer to be released, according to a report released Tuesday.
January 30, 2017 USA: time for Pa. to end its prison-industrial complex News United States One of the challenges of the Trump era in America is that we can’t forget about the important issues that aren’t swept up in the daily maelstrom of Trumpworld. On the national stage – and to a certain extent, on the local level as well – a number of important topics seem to have been pushed to the…
January 27, 2017 USA: why we exclude prisoners from the unemployment rate News United States It gives an incomplete picture of the economy, but it’s tradition. rlier this week, in response to the presidential press secretary’s fumbling of what seemed like a straightforward question, we investigated how various unemployment rates are defined and calculated. Economists wring their hands over…
January 25, 2017 United States: following the money of mass incarceration News North America United States The cost of imprisonment — including who benefits and who pays — is a major part of the national discussion around criminal justice policy. But prisons and jails are just one piece of the criminal justice system and the amount of media and policy attention that the various players get is not necess…
January 24, 2017 United States: white women are going to prison at a higher rate than ever before News North America Women United States Mass incarceration of women was one of the important issues highlighted by the Women’s March on Washington.
January 19, 2017 USA : Florida's deadliest prison News United States Three years after Dade Correctional Institution was thrust into the national spotlight for the death of an inmate locked in a boiling shower in its mental health unit, deaths at the prison have soared to unprecedented heights.
January 19, 2017 USA: le cas Chelsea Manning rappelle le calvaire des personnes trans en prison News LGBTQI United States This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
January 13, 2017 USA: private prisons are poised for a comeback under Trump News United States Just a few months ago, things were looking very bleak for the private prison industry. In mid-August, the Justice Department’s inspector general issued a report finding that privately operated federal prisons are more dangerous than those managed by the federal Bureau of Prisons and need more overs…
January 12, 2017 USA : solitary confinement is even worse for disabled people News Discipline United States An always-brutal experience can be even worse for people with disabilities. When Dean Westwood was sentenced to prison in 2014, he wasn’t sure what to expect. Convicted of theft and tax evasion related to Medicaid fraud in Oregon, Westwood tells VICE he had no prior contact with the criminal justic…
January 11, 2017 USA : Attica Prison on lockdown after bloody inmate brawls break out News United States Notorious Attica Prison was been on lockdown since Sunday – after several bloody brawls erupted between inmates with weapons on the yards, correction sources told The Post.
January 10, 2017 USA : president Obama’s parting reminders on criminal justice reform News Asia United States Last week, President Obama surprised criminal justice reformers with an article in the Harvard Law Review on The President’s Role in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform. While the President spends more of the article summarizing his efforts to reform the criminal justice system than sharing an analys…
January 10, 2017 USA : prisons run by C.E.O.s? Privatization under Trump could carry a heavy price News United States Last summer, the Justice Department decided to start winding down its use of private prisons. Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates noted in a memo that while private prisons were useful when public prisons were overflowing, they made little sense now that the prison population was falling. They d…
January 10, 2017 USA : America's private prisons are back in business News United States In the hardscrabble desert hamlet of Milan, New Mexico, incarceration is the biggest game in town.
January 10, 2017 ¿Qué pasará con la prisión de Guantánamo cuando Barack Obama deje el poder y Donald Trump asuma la presidencia de EE.UU.? News United States This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
January 7, 2017 Etats-Unis : Mumia Abu-Jamal sera enfin soigné News United States Sorry, this article is not available in English. You can consult the French version.
January 4, 2017 Trump’s Guantanamo tweet was uninformed and ill-advised News United States US president-elect Donald Trump’s tweet yesterday that everyone held at Guantanamo Bay is “extremely dangerous” is ill-informed. What’s worse, his proposed course of action – stopping all releases – shows a lack of understanding about the danger keeping Guantanamo open poses to US National Security…
January 3, 2017 USA: Trump says no more detainees should be released from Guantanamo Bay prison News United States President-elect Donald Trump called Tuesday for the end of all detainee releases from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying in a tweet that those who remain are “extremely dangerous people” who “should not be allowed back onto the battlefield.”
