r/prisons 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.

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6 Upvotes

r/prisons Sep 02 '24

Locking up young people might make you feel safer but it doesn’t work, now or in the long term

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10 Upvotes

r/prisons 1h ago

My Family Was Punished by NH Corrections for Their Own Failures

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I'm asking for help holding the New Hampshire Department of Corrections accountable. My husband is incarcerated, and over the past year, I've been caught in a cycle of contradictory orders, broken procedures, and retaliation from the Department.

Here's what happened: I was removed from my husband's visitor list without proper notice—then when DOC admitted they messed up, they kept punishing us anyway. Commissioner Hart told me to complete specific training to get reinstated. I did exactly what he asked. Then they informed me I was never eligible for the certificate I needed. How is that fair? The Department also misapplied their own rules to justify removing my husband from a housing program based on outings that were approved at the time. Now they're issuing new punishments with no new violations identified.

I started a petition calling for an independent investigation into NHDOC's misconduct and asking the Attorney General, Governor, and DOJ Civil Rights Division to step in. Families shouldn't be punished because the Department can't follow its own procedures or communicate clearly.

If this feels like something that crosses a line to you—if you've dealt with similar situations in the prison system or think agencies should actually follow their own rules—consider signing and sharing it. What would you want someone to do if this was your family?

https://www.change.org/p/hold-the-new-hampshire-department-of-corrections-accountable-for-misconduct-retaliation/sfs/reddit/1412029461?recruiter=1412029461&recruited_by_id=d2096e50-4fbe-11f1-b1d7-1369e4bd966e&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=starter_dashboard_android_app&utm_medium=reddit_group


r/prisons 7h ago

New Book Examines Women and Queer People Convicted for Crimes That Never Occurred. In Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity, Valena Beety examines how women and queer people face punishment for their bodily autonomy and gender.

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3 Upvotes

r/prisons 9h ago

Two minor girls of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe accuse a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer of raping them while he was on duty.

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3 Upvotes

r/prisons 3h ago

Going to prison

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r/prisons 7h ago

Life Outside the Walls. The following piece, written by Sherren Moore, won first place in the inaugural Voices Beyond the Walls writing contest

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 8h ago

Involuntary Commitment: How forced hospitalization expands the criminal legal system

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 15h ago

San Diego - My journey from poverty and incarceration to a seat at the legal table

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4 Upvotes

r/prisons 8h ago

In Texas Schools, a Crisis of Arrests of Kids as Young as 10

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 8h ago

Excerpt: How to Close a Camp. Detention was sold as both a law-and-order necessity and an economic opportunity, welding together the rac­ist politics of the drug war with the rise of private prisons.

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 8h ago

Should we call ICE detention centers 'concentration camps'?

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 9h ago

California - Cops blew up a fellow officer after finding grenade in garage, falsely reporting it was inert then using it in a prohibited live explosive training exercise: Lawsuit

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 9h ago

Philadelphia’s criminal justice fines and fees fall hardest on poorest neighborhoods

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 21h ago

Banning jail

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Posting for my friend…. Her man had court today in Banning, CA and was found guilty. He has court again next month for his sentencing.

Does anybody know which jail he would most likely have been taken to today while they wait for his sentencing? I’m not sure if there is a jail in the city of Banning or any others nearby.
And if possible to know which prison he’ll be transferred to once he gets sentenced.

Also wondering what kind of tablets they use; JPay, Securus, GTL etc.

TIA 🫶🏻


r/prisons 15h ago

Julio Foolio, Unions and “Sweat Equity.” How incarceration and labor are bound together

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 15h ago

South Dakota - State-ordered study says opioid settlement money should target treatment for incarcerated people

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 15h ago

Rejected by care facilities, Hawaiʻi prisoners remain incarcerated

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 15h ago

What crime and prison reveal about incarceration—and about us. URochester researchers are studying how childhood trauma, parental incarceration, and even discipline in schools shape criminal justice outcomes.

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 16h ago

Louisiana Works has been awarded $5.1 million to help people who were released from prison return to the workforce.

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 16h ago

New Orleans Cops Published Policy Document Allowing Weaponized Drones. Cops and drone companies seem increasingly eager to put weapons on their drones

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 16h ago

How Cops Use Flock to Track People, Not Cars. Cops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes include the target's race

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r/prisons 23h ago

Severely Ill Prisoners Granted Early Release Are Left Stuck Behind Bars: Hawaiʻi is the only state without a specific law allowing for compassionate release for prisoners, relying instead on an internal policy.

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r/prisons 1d ago

Abolition is not without public safety. Abolition provides toolkits to think about harm, our responsibilities to stop harm, and our responses to harm when inflicted.

2 Upvotes

r/prisons 1d ago

Google Has Scrubbed Nearly Every User Review From ICE Detention Centers Across the Country, Deleting Thousands of First-Hand Accounts

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7 Upvotes