Members phkrause Posted September 17, 2023 Members Share Posted September 17, 2023 Chief insists to Senate panel there’s been ‘visible change’ in the system WASHINGTON — The head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Wednesday outlined to the Senate Judiciary Committee how she has sought improvements in the nation’s troubled prison system, and fielded questions from Republicans about transgender inmates. https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/09/14/u-s-prisons-chief-insists-to-senate-panel-theres-been-visible-change-in-the-system/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 1, 2023 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2023 Last operating US prison ship, a grim vestige of mass incarceration, set to close in NYC NEW YORK (AP) — Kenneth Williams spent his whole life in Brooklyn, but it wasn’t until a night in 2018 when he crossed a narrow footbridge in shackles, that he learned about New York City’s last floating jail. He remembers the murky East River water below him, the stench of mold, and a sinking feeling that soon turned literal. https://apnews.com/article/nyc-bronx-jail-boat-close-rikers-9d552d4cda48b58bdb141a40dffc8df5? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 17, 2023 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2023 Lawmakers hear report that says path of Florida’s prison system is ‘unsustainable’ Urges $582 million for air-conditioning, a provision questioned by one GOP senator https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/11/15/lawmakers-hear-report-that-says-path-of-floridas-prison-system-is-unsustainable/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted December 10, 2023 Author Members Share Posted December 10, 2023 High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times in the law library at a federal prison in Arizona. Larry Nassar was knifed repeatedly in his cell at a penitentiary in Florida. The assaults on two notorious, high-profile federal prisoners by fellow inmates in recent months have renewed concerns about whether the chronically understaffed, crisis-plagued Federal Bureau of Prisons can keep people in its custody protected. Read more. Why this matters: The attacks on Chauvin and Nassar, among dozens of other assaults and deaths involving lesser-known inmates, are symptoms of larger systemic problems within the Justice Department’s largest agency that put all 158,000 federal prisoners at risk. They include severe staffing shortages, staff-on-inmate abuse, broken surveillance cameras and crumbling infrastructure. The violence has challenged a perception — repeated by some lawyers and criminal justice experts quoted in the news media when Chauvin was sentenced last year — that federal prisons are far safer than state prisons or local jails. An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, unreported problems within the Bureau of Prisons, including rampant sexual abuse and staff criminal conduct, dozens of escapes, chronic violence, deaths and severe staffing shortages that have hampered responses to emergencies, including inmate assaults and suicides. Related coverage ➤ Inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times is charged with attempted murder, prosecutors say Ex-correctional officer at federal prison in California gets 5 years for sexually abusing inmates The story so far: AP’s investigation into federal prisons Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted January 31 Author Members Share Posted January 31 Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands A two-year AP investigation found that everything from grains, eggs, beef and milk have been grown, harvested or produced by incarcerated people. They are among America’s most vulnerable workers, some getting pennies an hour or nothing at all. If they refuse to work, they can jeopardize their chances of parole or face punishment. They also are often excluded from protections guaranteed to almost all other full-time workers, even when they are seriously injured or killed on the job. Read more. Why this matters: Tracing goods produced or harvested by prisoners in the U.S. can be a challenge. So, in some cases, the Associated Press followed trucks, finding that products wind up in the supply chains of everything from Rice Krispies cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour. They are on the shelves of most supermarkets, including Kroger, Costco and Whole Foods. The AP sought information from all 50 states, through public records requests and inquiries to corrections departments, linking hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of transactions to agriculture-based prison labor in state and federal facilities over the past six years. Many of the companies that buy directly from prisons are violating their own policies against the use of forced or prison labor. But it’s completely legal. Enshrined in the Constitution by the 13th Amendment, slavery and involuntary servitude are banned – except as punishment for a crime. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Locked Up: The prison labor that built business empires California and Nevada may ban forced prison labor, servitude WATCH: US prison labor tied to some of the world’s most popular food brands Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted February 3 Author Members Share Posted February 3 9 hospitalized after 200 prisoners rush corrections officers in riot at Southern California prison BLYTHE, Calif. (AP) — Eight corrections officers and an incarcerated man were injured in a riot involving around 200 inmates in the recreational yard of a Southern California prison, authorities said Thursday. https://apnews.com/article/california-prison-riot-ironwood-blythe-ee673a8f49378b675745f14feea036bb? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted February 13 Author Members Share Posted February 13 Wall Street’s New Prison Scam As part of a growing effort to stop prison telecom monopolies from charging exorbitant fees for calls between prisoners and their families, last year Minnesota became one of the first states to make all phone calls free for prisoners. And to eliminate the kickback system perpetuating the scheme, the state barred its agencies from collecting commissions on prison phone services, as well as on video calling and e-messaging. https://www.levernews.com/wall-streets-new-prison-scam/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted February 23 Author Members Share Posted February 23 📈 Mapped: Prison population rising Data: Bureau of Justice Statistics. Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios The U.S. prison population rose 2.1% in 2022 — the first increase in almost a decade, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick and Kavya Beheraj report from Justice Department data. Why it matters: Despite years of declines, the U.S. prison population remains extremely high compared to the era before the "war on drugs" and "tough on crime" politics. 🧮 By the numbers: 1.23 million Americans were in state or federal prison in 2022, according to the DOJ. That's up from 1.21 million in 2021, but down from 1.57 million in 2012. Zoom in: Incarcerated populations grew the most in Mississippi (+14.3%), Montana (+8.8%) and Colorado (+8.2%) between 2021 and 2022. Virginia (-10.5%), Oregon (-5.2%) and California (-3.8%) shrank the most. Keep reading ... Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted March 22 Author Members Share Posted March 22 Police track down escaped Idaho prison gang member and accomplice, say pair may have killed 2 on run Police on Thursday arrested two white supremacist gang members — an Idaho prison inmate and the accomplice who helped him escape — following an attack on corrections officers at a Boise hospital, and investigators are looking into whether they killed two people while on the run. https://apnews.com/article/hospital-shooting-idaho-escaped-inmate-5d4eb764853ca05d2721145bc435367a? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 3 Author Members Share Posted April 3 New York inmates are suing to watch the solar eclipse after state orders prisons locked down NEW YORK (AP) — Inmates in New York are suing the state corrections department over the decision to lock down prisons during next Monday’s total solar eclipse. https://apnews.com/article/solar-eclipse-prison-lawsuit-new-york-3b6af5a2f1f8f320a1ed4918a560b525? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 11 Author Members Share Posted April 11 Starting over: Women emerging from prison face formidable challenges to resuming their lives COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — On a cold and dreary October day, Heather C. Jarvis packed everything she had into a pink duffle and a plastic trash bag and waited for the rest of her life to begin. https://apnews.com/article/women-prisoners-reentry-challenges-program-shortage-d56afe6283c25e981d37d6e925d90ffd? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 16 Author Members Share Posted April 16 Bureau of Prisons to close California women’s prison where inmates have been subjected to sex abuse LOS ANGELES (AP) — The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday it will close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse. https://apnews.com/article/federal-prison-dublin-california-sexual-abuse-bureau-of-prisons-17731ecb5d0a14adf6011e853bf7e05d? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 20 Author Members Share Posted May 20 US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed? Nationwide, hundreds of thousands of prisoners are put to work every year, some of whom are seriously injured or killed after being given dangerous jobs with little or no training, The Associated Press found. They include prisoners fighting wildfires, operating heavy machinery or working on industrial-sized farms and meat-processing plants. They are part of a labor system that largely denies them rights and protections guaranteed to other American workers. Read more. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 4 Author Members Share Posted June 4 The Little-Known Reason Counties Keep Building Bigger Jails: Architecture Firms All over the country, architecture firms make the case for bigger jails — then get hired to design them. https://theintercept.com/2024/05/31/jail-construction-justice-architecture-firms/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 28 Author Members Share Posted June 28 Private Prisons Want You To Go Directly To Jail As states across the country adopt harsh new sentencing laws, private prison companies are celebrating, telling investors that they soon expect more people in their prisons — and even higher profits. https://www.levernews.com/private-prisons-want-you-to-go-directly-to-jail/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 29 Author Members Share Posted June 29 4 Missouri prison guards charged with murder, and a 5th with manslaughter, in death of Black man COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Four Missouri prison guards were charged Friday with murder, and a fifth with accessory to involuntary manslaughter, in the December death of a Black man who was pepper sprayed, had his face covered with a mask and was left in a position that caused him to suffocate while in custody at a correctional facility, according to a complaint filed Friday. https://apnews.com/article/prison-guards-charged-black-man-custody-death-be04c04c1cb90959eeebf5e19f4850dd? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 12 Author Members Share Posted July 12 FL prisons are using wristbands to track inmates, and punishing those who refuse, some say A Florida Department of Corrections requirement that inmates wear electronic bracelets to monitor their movements in one facility is raising concerns among some family members and advocates that refusal to wear the devices is resulting in punishment. https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/07/10/fl-prisons-are-using-wristbands-to-track-inmates-and-punishing-those-who-refuse-some-say/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted 11 hours ago Author Members Share Posted 11 hours ago Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of crisis-plagued US Bureau of Prisons after AP reporting WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed into law on Thursday a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after reporting by The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption, failures and abuse in the federal prison system. https://apnews.com/article/federal-prisons-congress-oversight-abuse-transparency-biden-397d95d00d507a95c58dc0f78ada0407? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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