America talks about recidivism as if it were a mystery. It isn’t. It is a predictable outcome of how we run prisons. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics has tracked what happens after release for ...

One windy January afternoon Katie Jackson stood on the West Steps of the Capitol as she described how a man locked up in a California prison managed to break into a control room where she was working ...

San Quentin prison is now a place that provides prisoners hope and the chance to change. Gov. Gavin Newsom has kept intact more than $200 million from his prior budget to revamp San Quentin. On a ...

Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said that the prison system is “creating monsters” after he was released from prison last week. “We are creating an environment of failure, so people are prone to ...

The Second Look Act, Earned Time Act and Marvin Mayfield Act are a chance to change New York's toxic, unjust prison culture. Entrance to Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County on Dec. 19, 2024.

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