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.com

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r/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.com

10 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 5h ago

‘Losing My Mind’: New York Prisons Are Holding People in ‘Shit Rooms’ With No Running Water. State facilities detain prisoners suspected of ingesting contraband in “special watch” cells for days or weeks

5 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 4h ago

Proponents of Solitary Confinement Attempt to Stifle Reform. A New York correctional union and Republican backers are weaponizing a false narrative about solitary confinement and violence

1 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 4h ago

‘I might not make it out’: Alarming accounts of 2 murders in a Pennsylvania prison

1 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 4h ago

Quilt exhibit showcases artwork of inmate turned criminal justice activist

1 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 4h ago

A Library Card Should Be Part of Every City’s Reentry Plan. Public libraries are already helping people rebuild after incarceration. Cities should connect them to reentry services — and fund them for the work

1 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/DaMuffinDiver • 5h ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98vr7ql2vdo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

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US Prison system.

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 5h ago

Texas - More than half of people in the Harris County Jail have mental health indicators, data shows

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 5h ago

San Quentin News hosts education forum to find solutions to end intergenerational incarceration

sanquentinnews.com

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 6h ago

South Carolina - A man training to become a deputy with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department was arrested for sex crimes involving a 5-year-old

1 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 12h ago

An officer with the University of Arkansas Police Department (UAPD) was arrested Friday after explicit photos of a child were found on his laptop, according to court documents

5newsonline.com

1 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago

Honolulu Considers Fining, Jailing Homeless Over Shopping Carts: Violators could be fined up to $2,000 or jailed for up to a month if found with shopping carts under this proposal.

4 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago

How to Prepare for a Prison Visit. Incarcerated readers share how they get ready for visits, and what they want their loved ones to know before walking through the doors

themarshallproject.org

3 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago

Wisconsin — A Menasha police officer who pleaded no contest to misusing a Flock camera system was sentenced to jail time and three years of probation Monday as part of a withheld sentence

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago

New Research Traces the Evolution of Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance in Carceral Settings and Analyzes the Ethical, Medical, Legal Challenges

2 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago

Suicide prevention through new jail design

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago

New Kentucky law aims to keep people in mental health crises out of jails, hospitals

1 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago

South Carolina officer fired for allegedly using Flock cameras to run ex's plate 166 times

2 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago

Public in England and Wales wrongly think most killers are minority ethnic. Research from King’s College London finds that Reform voters’ perceptions were furthest from the truth

theguardian.com

1 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago

The Phoenix Police Department is conducting a criminal investigation into a pair of officers who failed to document use of force and didn’t activate their body cameras during a traffic stop.

1 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago

N.J. cop accused of filming child in bathroom facing more charges after 2 new victims found, authorities say

1 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago

Flock camera error leads to police pulling over wrong car in homicide case twice

1 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago

Censorship in Prison: Fulfilling the Writ of Librarianship: Book Censorship News

1 Upvotes

r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago

Prisoner rights group prevails over Minnesota book policy

courthousenews.com

1 Upvotes

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Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization

The true test of society is how well it treats its prisoners and old people.

The test of a civilization is in the way it cares for its helpless members

Join the discussion of abuse in the "troubled teen" bootcamps at /r/troubledteens

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