Research roundup: The positive impacts of family contact for incarcerated people and their families The research is clear: visitation, mail, phone, and other forms of contact between incarcerated people and their families have positive impacts for everyone — including...
Home Page > Briefings > Unsupportive environments and limited policies: Pregnancy,… Unsupportive environments and limited policies: Pregnancy, postpartum, and birth during incarceration Making up for a serious gap in government data collection and...
Elderly, ailing and expensive, lifetime prisoners cost Louisiana taxpayers millions a year. JUAN BERNABEU FOR THE MARSHALL PROJECT By JOHN SIMERMAN BATON ROUGE, La. — Lester Pearson hoisted himself out of a chair and poked through his wallet with creased hands,...
They can’t go to classes or prison jobs, and they don’t have tablets or televisions. But they do have radios. Known to his listeners as “Megamind,” Ramy Hozaifeh is the voice — and the driving force — behind a new radio station run from inside one of the most...
Omicron Has Arrived. Many Prisons and Jails Are Not Ready. Experts fear “another potential tinderbox scenario” akin to the early days of the pandemic. An incarcerated person received a COVID-19 vaccination at the Bolivar County Regional Correctional Facility in...
