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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...

Erik Eck, a former member of the Latin Kings gang stands in the doorway of his cell at the DuPage County, Ill., Jail displaying tattoos that symbolize his status with the gang, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Wheaton, Ill. Under penalty of a beating or death, Eck pledged when he joined the...

The 24-hour station is recorded and produced by inmates inside Limon, Sterling and Denver prisons Limon Correctional Facility inmate Darrius Turner, 32, pictured on March 1, 2022, has been in prison since age 19 for second-degree murder and now works at the first statewide ...

Part of the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in Florida. | Reinhold Matay/AP Photo By ROBERT BARTON 02/10/2022 Robert Barton is a D.C. resident serving a sentence of 30 years to life, currently at the U.S. penitentiary in Coleman, Florida, which is...