New York, NY, June 28, 2016The Obama Administration has selected John Jay College of Criminal Justice as one of 67 colleges and universities that will expand education opportunities for incarcerated individuals as part of the Second Chance Pell pilot program. On June 24, the U.S. Department of Ed...
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Funding will allow expansion of Bennington College prison program By Patrick McArdle - June 25, 2016 BENNINGTON — Bennington College was the only Vermont college or university selected for the national Second Chance Pell pilot program which will allow eligi...
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President commutes prison terms of criminals jailed under 'outdated laws'Barack Obama has commuted more prison sentences than his seven predecessors combinedJune 3, 2016President Obama added to a record-setting list of commutations Friday, shortening the prison terms of 42 people convicted of dru...
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Bipartisan bill was amended in April 2016. Who would be affected?By Scott Shackford - May 11, 2016When President Barack Obama announced his latest round of commutations he reminded Americans in his statement that Congress is working on bipartisan federal sentencing reforms that would hopefully pr...
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"The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act will pose a serious threat to public safety - and tens of thousands of federal inmates are already being released on previous sentencing reduction measures." Rep Sen. Vitter (LA)by Katie McHugh - May 11, 2016“The federal system is fundamentally...
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President Barack Obama’s deputies are quietly sending fewer criminals to prison while loudly praising a Republican-backed bill that will spring many other criminals out of federal prison, Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions warned. by Katie McHugh - May 11, 2016 ...
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18 of the commuted inmates had life sentencesThe president has commuted the sentences of 306 people during his seven-plus years in office, more than double the previous six presidents combinedPresident Obama commuted the sentences of 58 federal prisoners convicted of drug crimes, the White House ...
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He's hoping he gets locked up at the 'nice' prisonFormer Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves court surrounded by reporters in New York, Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday, capping one of the steepest falls from grace in the state’s lineup of crooked politi...
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By Sean Rowe - October 5, 2015WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 240 inmates have slipped away from federal custody in the past three years while traveling to halfway houses, including several who committed bank robberies and a carjacking while on the lam, according to documents obtained by The Associat...