21 Sep Arizona Lawsuit Takes Aim At State-Level Prison Time Credits System
An Arizona lawsuit shows how easy it is for prison officials to keep people in prison even if they are entitled to time credits and release.
An Arizona lawsuit shows how easy it is for prison officials to keep people in prison even if they are entitled to time credits and release.
Oklahoma is set to resume executions for the first time in six years, and it's decisions who to execute and how are raising questions.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul heard calls to release Rikers Island detainees, releasing 191 people and transferring 200 more.
The Spartanburg County Detention Center in South Carolina will implement COVID-19 measures after the ACLU of South Carolina filed a lawsuit.
The Department of Justice is set to review the BOP's treatment and housing of transgender prisoners as the issue gains media attention.
The First Circuit joins other circuit courts of appeal in denying First Step Act relief to "career offender" defendants in prison.
Earlier this week, the Seventh Circuit denied relief under the First Step Act to two prisoners. But the decision does give some flexibility.
Violence in Georgia jails and prisons seems to be exploding, and now the Department of Justice has started an investigation.
There's been a lot of bad news for CARES Act releasees over the past year or so. For months, we've analyzed reports about how the future of those released from prison during the COVID-19 pandemic was hanging in the balance (like here, here and here).
Rikers Island is making headlines as a national disgrace, but it's also the inevitable consequence of the U.S.'s high incarceration rate.