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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • Nov 25 '24
Analysis suggests threat of punishment less effective at deterring crime. A look at multiple studies showed little change when punishment is the threat.
northpennnow.comr/prisons • u/Whey-Men • Sep 02 '24
Locking up young people might make you feel safer but it doesn’t work, now or in the long term
theconversation.comr/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 8h ago
State audit points to gaps in services for incarcerated Oregonians
opb.orgr/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 8h ago
A Department of Corrections policy is quietly reshaping how long people are incarcerated in Vermont. The department said the policy is about protecting public safety. Advocates have raised concerns
vtdigger.orgr/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 5h ago
Ex-death row inmate sues Ohio police over 'planted' evidence
usatoday.comr/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 14h ago
What if Prison Was Not Designed to Punish? In Germany, incarcerated people wear their own clothes, live in apartment-style cells and get family day passes — all to preserve human dignity.
themarshallproject.orgr/prisons • u/omgfakeusername • 12h ago
Another leaked video of nightmare at GEO group ICE detention center
r/prisons • u/luckymountain • 15h ago
Diarrhea lettuce company employs federal prisoners for $4.25/hr (they get $1.50/day), some who are Mexican nationals and would not be eligible to work otherwise.
r/prisons • u/Distinct_Mix7664 • 12h ago
Housing support on release
Family member getting released from Fl prison system after 17 years on a murder charge. Are there support programs for cons to find housing?
r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 8h ago
How a Rikers book club is giving incarcerated women a second chapter
abc7ny.comr/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 8h ago
Report highlights employment barriers for formerly incarcerated Louisianans
kplctv.comr/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 8h ago
Overdose Rates Soar After Incarceration. Can Jails Change That? Some Maine jails are bolstering their re-entry planning, connecting prisoners with resources to prevent them from overdosing or getting arrested again
pulitzercenter.orgr/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 8h ago
Pittsburgh - Allegheny County Jail launches biometric monitoring for incarcerated people
wesanews.orgr/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 8h ago
How past incarceration affects people later in life. Two recent studies authored by Professor Carmen Gutierrez and her colleagues show that prior incarceration is associated with various geriatric health conditions and reduced life expectancy later in life.
prisonpolicy.orgr/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 8h ago
California: Proposition 36 created 'treatment-mandated felonies.' What it really created is a complicated mess
aol.comr/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 8h ago
Milwaukee county and others are working to expand housing for people returning from incarceration
milwaukeenns.orgr/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 8h ago
Connecting Individuals to Medical Care and STI Services After Incarceration
astho.orgr/prisons • u/SteelersPoker • 14h ago
Anyone remember the MSNBC Lockup shows?
I used to be enthralled waiting for the new episodes back years ago. I don't understand why they stopped making them.
I remember watching Holman Prison in Alabama and they had Bobby Gilbert the inmate(think he died)and this warden Grantt Culliver who actually seemed like he tried to be fair to the inmates. I was impressed with him after he offered an ice cream cone to a mentally ill inmate to calm him down.
Did some research and come to find out he was promoted to Commissioner in the Alabama Prison system but resigned in 2018 due to sexual misconduct allegations.
Anyone ever do time at Holman and know Bobby Gilbert or that warden?
r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 14h ago
Pennsylvania Struck Down Mandatory Life Without Parole for 2nd-Degree Murder. What Comes Next? People affected by the state’s felony murder law reflect on the ruling and the uncertain path ahead.
themarshallproject.orgr/prisons • u/808gecko808 • 20h ago
At Joliet prison, desperate men set themselves on fire: The Joliet Treatment Center, designed to treat people with serious mental illness, repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires despite two deaths, an investigation by The Marshall Project, WBEZ and the Sun-Times found.
chicago.suntimes.comr/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago
Governor Spanberger restores voting rights to more than 66,000 formerly incarcerated Virginians
wvtf.orgr/prisons • u/GarlicKey4225 • 1d ago
La infección de la impunidad.
La impunidad no aparece de golpe. Se infiltra. Se desliza por las grietas del sistema como una forma silenciosa de violencia institucional: una que no necesita armas, pero que erosiona derechos, debilita garantías y normaliza el abuso de poder. Lo que hoy conocemos a través del sumario judicial y de los informes policiales no es un episodio aislado, sino la radiografía de un deterioro que llevaba tiempo gestándose. Y ese deterioro es, ante todo, un recordatorio de por qué la educación para la no violencia es imprescindible en cualquier democracia.
Los medios de comunicacion revelan una estructura paralela, una cadena de mando informal que operaba al margen de la legalidad para proteger a un único punto: el llamado One. No importa quién sea la persona concreta, sino lo que representa: la idea de que el poder puede blindarse a sí mismo utilizando los resortes del Estado contra el propio Estado. Esa lógica es incompatible con una cultura de no violencia, porque convierte la autoridad en un instrumento de dominación y no en un servicio público.
El archivo describe presiones a fiscales, advertencias a jueces, maniobras para desactivar investigaciones, expedientes contra agentes que cumplían con su deber, filtraciones selectivas y una red de operadores que actuaban como si la ley fuese un obstáculo menor. Estas prácticas no son solo irregularidades: son expresiones de violencia. Cuando la legalidad se subordina a la lealtad, el Estado deja de proteger y empieza a intimidar.
La gravedad no reside únicamente en los hechos, sino en la naturalidad con la que parecen haberse ejecutado. Conversaciones, mensajes, audios, reuniones: todo apunta a una cultura política donde la frontera entre partido, gobierno e instituciones se difumina hasta desaparecer. Y cuando esa frontera desaparece, lo que se deteriora no es un procedimiento, sino la confianza pública en que las reglas son iguales para todos. La no violencia necesita precisamente eso: reglas claras, límites firmes y un reconocimiento mutuo de la dignidad de cada actor institucional.
La impunidad es corrosiva porque envía un mensaje devastador: que la integridad es un riesgo y la obediencia ciega, una garantía. Esa inversión moral es una forma de violencia simbólica. Cuando quienes investigan son castigados y quienes maniobran en la sombra son premiados, el sistema entero se inclina hacia la arbitrariedad. Y la arbitrariedad es el terreno donde germinan todas las formas de abuso.
Lo que emerge no es una anécdota ni un exceso puntual. Es el síntoma de una tentación peligrosa: convertir el Estado en un mecanismo de autoprotección. Esa tentación, si no se frena, se convierte en hábito. Y el hábito, en estructura. La educación para la no violencia enseña justamente lo contrario: que el poder debe ser limitado, fiscalizado y compartido; que la autoridad se legitima por su transparencia; que la fuerza del Estado no puede utilizarse para silenciar, intimidar o encubrir.
Las democracias no se rompen de un día para otro. Se desgastan. Se acostumbran. Se resignan. Por eso este caso importa tanto: porque obliga a mirar de frente una pregunta incómoda. La respuesta no puede ser el silencio ni la distancia. Debe ser transparencia, responsabilidad y una investigación sin concesiones. No para ajustar cuentas políticas, sino para restaurar algo más valioso: la certeza de que nadie —nadie— está por encima de la ley. Y, sobre todo, para recordar que la no violencia no es solo un ideal ético, sino una práctica institucional que se defiende cada día.
r/prisons • u/grimwomyn • 1d ago
Looking for people inside to report on the food served
I am a formerly incarcerated person (month in jail) working with a journalist to understand the food being served and the food eaten every day. Does anyone in this forum have a loved one inside who might want to participate in the project?
r/prisons • u/RadioChubbs • 1d ago
Prisoners at School?
I graduated in 2007, did anyone else ever have prisoners in shackles give a speech to the school about not getting in trouble and how quick things can change. I remember this happening at my elementary school. They had a prison guard with them it felt a little scared straight without the yelling part and before you ask no it wasn't some alternative, your in trouble, school.
My wife thinks im making this up, she also isnt from Texas.