Tag: prison
via GOTHAMIST
Can Remorse Open a Window to Freedom?
The stories of five men convicted in decades-ago violent crimes who now seek release.
via NBC News Asian America
Prison Gardens Plant Seeds of Hope
Cultivating a new way of life, for the imprisoned and for those employed behind bars.
SPECIAL REPORT: Forty Dollars and a Bus Ticket
Our reporters examine life on parole in New York.
via Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
Fighting a Solitary Battle
Activists call for an end to solitary confinement in New York prisons.
Solitary Confinement Limit Push
Two lawmakers want to restrict the amount of time detainees can spend in solitary confinement.
Ending School-to-Prison Pipeline
Former state Chief Judge Judith Kaye and the New York City School-Justice Partnership Task Force produced a report called, “Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court.”
via Lives in Focus
Prisoners of Politics
With less than one week left before voters’ cast their ballots, questions about Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama’s positions on incarceration and criminal justice remain unanswered.