April 10, 2017 United States: New York raises age of criminal responsibility in 'lightning rod' reform News North America United States Polarizing bill approved in state budget to stop charging 16- and 17-year-olds as adults, sparing teens of criminal records: ‘I lost some years of my life back there’
April 6, 2017 United States: Moore v. Texas: US Supreme Court enforces constitutional prohibition against executing intellectually disabled defendants News North America Death penalty United States A recent Supreme Court judgment in the US is being hailed as a triumph by death penalty abolition advocates.
April 4, 2017 United States: LGBT youth are disproportionately in jail News North America United States A disproportionate number of queer youth, particular lesbians and bisexual girls, end up in jail or prison in the United States, according to a study released today by researchers at UCLA. Worse, those youth are considerably more likely to be raped during their time in custody.
April 2, 2017 USA: no license plates here, using art to transcend prison walls News Culture United States More than most artists, the men who gather twice a week for mural class in the B Facility are accustomed to darkness. But the scene they are creating — a tropical rain forest — requires color and light, elements in short supply at Salinas Valley State Prison. “I don’t have much of a legacy,” Jeffre…
March 31, 2017 USA: Rikers Island, la prison où fut détenu DSK, bientôt fermée News United States This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
March 28, 2017 United States : le Texas sous-évalue les handicaps mentaux pour condamner à mort News Violence United States This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
March 22, 2017 USA: how prison visitation cuts devastate families News Social ties United States Buried in the New York state budget is a proposal to cut weekday visits for over 20,000 inmates. For families of incarcerated people, this could mean barely having any real contact with their loved ones.
February 27, 2017 USA: private prison deprived inmates of heat and hot water for months, lawmaker finds News Material conditions United States The 284 women housed in C-dorm at Gadsden Correctional Institution in Quincy lived for months without hot water or heat, faced flooded bathrooms daily and endured water rations when the septic tanks were jammed with food waste.
February 20, 2017 Shaken - Tonia Miller's story Testimonial Women United States Eighteen-year-old Tonia Miller was accused of shaking her baby to death. Listen to Life of the Law’s episode.
February 14, 2017 Even in Texas, mass imprisonment is going out of style News United States In an era of what seems like unprecedented polarization and rancor, this idea has bipartisan support. The Koch brothers and Black Lives Matter agree. The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Conservative Union Foundation agree. Bernie Sanders and Newt Gingrich agree.
February 12, 2017 USA: Guantánamo prison chief says he has no say in Trump policy News United States The prison commander said Sunday he has neither seen nor wants a say on any coming Trump administration executive order that will drive policy on law of war detention here. “Nobody’s asked for my opinion,” Rear Adm. Peter J. Clarke said at a news conference. A reporter asked the 16th commander of t…
February 5, 2017 États-Unis : Washington renonce aux prisons secrètes News United States This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
February 5, 2017 USA: Trump's executive orders could drastically expand family detention centers News Death penalty United States To hear President Donald Trump and his advisors talk about the US southern border, a person would get the impression that the Obama administration had rolled out the red carpet to welcome anyone and everyone who wanted to enter the country. Echoing a statement Trump made often on the campaign trail…
February 1, 2017 USA : Donald Trump nomme Neil Gorsuch comme juge à la Cour suprême, un conservateur qui va plaire aux pro-peine de mort News Violence United States This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
January 31, 2017 United States: number of U.S. prisoners serving life sentences has quadrupled News North America Long-term prisoners United States The number of U.S. prisoners serving life sentences has more than quadrupled over the past three decades, and those eligible for parole are waiting longer to be released, according to a report released Tuesday.
January 30, 2017 USA: time for Pa. to end its prison-industrial complex News United States One of the challenges of the Trump era in America is that we can’t forget about the important issues that aren’t swept up in the daily maelstrom of Trumpworld. On the national stage – and to a certain extent, on the local level as well – a number of important topics seem to have been pushed to the…
January 27, 2017 USA: why we exclude prisoners from the unemployment rate News United States It gives an incomplete picture of the economy, but it’s tradition. rlier this week, in response to the presidential press secretary’s fumbling of what seemed like a straightforward question, we investigated how various unemployment rates are defined and calculated. Economists wring their hands over…
January 25, 2017 United States: following the money of mass incarceration News North America United States The cost of imprisonment — including who benefits and who pays — is a major part of the national discussion around criminal justice policy. But prisons and jails are just one piece of the criminal justice system and the amount of media and policy attention that the various players get is not necess…
January 24, 2017 United States: white women are going to prison at a higher rate than ever before News North America Women United States Mass incarceration of women was one of the important issues highlighted by the Women’s March on Washington.
January 19, 2017 USA : Florida's deadliest prison News United States Three years after Dade Correctional Institution was thrust into the national spotlight for the death of an inmate locked in a boiling shower in its mental health unit, deaths at the prison have soared to unprecedented heights.
January 19, 2017 USA: le cas Chelsea Manning rappelle le calvaire des personnes trans en prison News LGBTQI United States This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
January 13, 2017 USA: private prisons are poised for a comeback under Trump News United States Just a few months ago, things were looking very bleak for the private prison industry. In mid-August, the Justice Department’s inspector general issued a report finding that privately operated federal prisons are more dangerous than those managed by the federal Bureau of Prisons and need more overs…
January 12, 2017 USA : solitary confinement is even worse for disabled people News Discipline United States An always-brutal experience can be even worse for people with disabilities. When Dean Westwood was sentenced to prison in 2014, he wasn’t sure what to expect. Convicted of theft and tax evasion related to Medicaid fraud in Oregon, Westwood tells VICE he had no prior contact with the criminal justic…
January 11, 2017 USA : Attica Prison on lockdown after bloody inmate brawls break out News United States Notorious Attica Prison was been on lockdown since Sunday – after several bloody brawls erupted between inmates with weapons on the yards, correction sources told The Post.
