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Inmates get photocopies of personal mail at Wisconsin prisons

November 4, 2021 MADISON, Wis. - Inmates in Wisconsin state prisons will receive photocopies of their personal mail and not the originals beginning next month. The Department of Corrections is implementing the new policy to stop the infiltration of paper laced with a synthetic...

Inmates Credited With Saving Folsom Prison Guard Who Suffered Heart Attack

October 15, 2021 By Laura Haefeli A Folsom State Prison guard credits four inmates for saving his life after he suffered a heart attack. One of the inmates had a background in medicine. Only 14 inmates work for California Prison Inmate Authority’s braille program. “I love...

Other than prison, electronic monitoring is 'the most restrictive form' of control, research finds

“This is a form of incarceration that happens outside of prison walls,” said one expert. Sept. 23, 2021 By Cyrus Farivar - NBC News In the past 18 months, as the judicial system has increasingly used electronic monitoring instead of prisons to monitor inmates through the...

This Prison Teaches Inmates How To Grow Their Own Food

Residents Julio Orsini and Jesse Mackin share a meal together with staff during lunch break in the garden at the Mountain View Correctional Faciltiy in Charleston Maine in August of 2021. September 17, 2021 By Susan Sharon Food served in prisons and jails is notoriously...