NEW YORK (AP) -- For nearly four hours before she gave birth, Venita Pinckney had a chain wrapped around her swollen abdomen. Her ankles were shackled together and her hands were cuffed.
The 37-year-old was in a maximum-security prison for violating parole. An officer told her the use of restraints…
This Argentinian Cannes Selection has just been released in the United States.
Sent to prison for allegedly killing her lover, Julia discovers she is pregnant and is sent to a high-security maternity ward to serve her time. Julias only concern now is her son. Her fellow inmate Marta becomes her all…
A Congressional commission plans to issue recommendations on Tuesday for standards to reduce sexual assaults in the nation’s jails and prisons.
The commission cited an estimate by the Bureau of Justice Statistics that 60,500 state and federal prisoners…
In "The Released" PBS' Frontline documents what happens to mentally ill offenders when they leave prison. You can watch the whole episode online.
Wander around. PBS's website is full of great resources.
Solomon Moore on April 14, 2009
The number of African-American drug offenders in state prisons has declined for the first time since law enforcement agencies started the war on drugs 25 years ago, even as convictions of white drug offenders have increased, according to a new study released Tuesday.
Thanks to a New York Times article about Joe Reddick we've stumbled on Michael Santos Blog. If you've found the story of Susan Boyle inspirational, wait until you read the stories of those two men!
If you glanced at the Times last Thursday, you might think Governor Paterson and stat…
ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson and New York legislative leaders have reached an agreement to dismantle much of what remains of the state’s strict 1970s-era drug laws, once among the toughest in the nation.
The deal would repeal many of the mandatory minimum prison senten…
After 35 years of filling the state’s prisons with drug offenders who needed treatment and disproportionately punishing poor and minority offenders, New York is on the verge of dismantling its infamous Rockefeller drug laws. To get there, Gov. David Paterson and some prosecutors will have to drop…
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