WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It’s been dubbed the most expensive prison on Earth and President Barack Obama cited the cost this week as one of many reasons to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo – MSN Money Original post on msn.com Comments on reddit.com
On Bastoy prison island in Norway, the prisoners, some of whom are murderers and rapists, live in conditions that critics brand ‘cushy’ and ‘luxurious’. Yet it has by far the lowest reoffending rate in… Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Despite the noblest of intentions, America has become the world’s superpower of incarceration. What will it take to reform our bloated prison system? Original post on saturdayeveningpost.com Comments on reddit.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York-area politicians denounced on Friday a local newspaper that has revealed the names and addresses of thousands of holders of gun permits, and they asked state legislators to Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
The investigation found that people awaiting trial at the Cook County Jail have endured inadequate medical care, beatings at the hands of jail workers and dangerous building conditions. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
The federal government is cancelling the contracts of all non-Christian chaplains at federal prisons, CBC News has learned. Original post on cbc.ca Comments on reddit.com
Read the latest crime & courts news from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch & STLtoday.com Original post on stltoday.com Comments on reddit.com
The humiliation, presumably, has only just begun. Original post on businessinsider.com Comments on reddit.com
A defenseless inmate was beaten by Tioga County Jail’s top administrator, David Monell, after being pepper-sprayed and handcuffed to a wooden bench by other officers. But the Commission of Correction ended its investigation and Tioga’s district attorney decided not to prosecute after Monell resigned. Original post on pressconnects.com Comments on reddit.com
A North Carolina community is outraged by a death row inmate’s public note outlining his life of Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on digg.com
When you call a company or government agency for help, there’s a good chance the person on the other end of the line is a prison inmate. The federal government calls it… More
