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Decision bars federal courts from hearing new evidence not presented in a state court as a result of ineffective legal counsel By Ed Pilkington - The Guardian May 23, 2022 The US supreme court on Monday gutted constitutional protections that for years ...

By Patrick Reilly - NY Post May 10, 2022 An Alabama murder suspect was captured and the jail boss who helped him escape fatally shot herself on Monday after a 10-day manhunt that ended with a car chase in Indiana, officials said. Prison honcho Vicky Wh...

Prisoners earn Calvin degrees behind bars By Cory Morse May. 09, 2022 Scenes from the Calvin Prison Initiative commencement at the Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia on Monday, May 9, 2022. Prisoners earned degrees from Calvin Universit...

By Walter Pavlo - Forbes March 14, 2022 COVID-19 did something that years of criminal justice reform had failed to do; cut prison populations. The CARES Act, enacted in April 2020 to face the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowed prisons to reduce the number of prison...

By Hani Barghouthi - The Detroit News April 3, 2022   Pontiac — Kwame Kilpatrick urged reform of Michigan's criminal justice system Sunday, expressing the life-saving value of hope during one of a growing number of public appearances made by the former Detroit may...

March 26, 2022 Washington Post Editorial Board Picking up the phone and placing a call in the United States today requires little planning, and not much thought — unless you’re in prison or jail, in which case the simple action becomes a tremendous undertaking. Congress now ...

By Jennifer Roberts Mar. 22, 2022 FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - A new workforce opportunity is helping to give people recently released from prison the fresh start they need. Lewis Tree Service came up with the idea to start ‘The Energy Industry Second Chance Pil...

Jussie Smollett's new mug shot after beginning his 150-day jail sentence. (Photo: Cook County Sheriff's Office) March 10, 2022 Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail and 30 months of probation for staging a hate crime against himself. The actor — ...

The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said inmates were transferred to other facilities and that officials worked to find jobs for employees at other facilities or other state agencies March 10, 2022 Six correctional facilities in upstate New York wer...