#incarceration

I am sitting in a courtroom at the Old City Hall courthouse in Toronto watching a trial for someone we’ll call Jim. I don’t know Jim. There’s a high probability he was homeless because it’s provincial

Hey folk thanks for taking the time to join me on my adventures of Fatherhood. A little background for those interested. I am a former inmate of the Federal system. After making some bad choices due to

Women make up an increasingly large contingent of the incarcerated population in the United States. While many studies have examined the health issues and needs among incarcerated women using small or

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has a ton of data regarding law-enforcement and incarceration. For a class research project, I am looking into examining data on the pre-incarceration incomes of

I'm not an expert on child abuse or its signs. I'm a schoolteacher. I know what I see. Many years ago, I was working in a remote Aboriginal town. My students were 98% identifying as Aboriginal. One day,

By Jonathan Capehart Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, with Agnes Gund, founder of the “Art for Justice Fund,” in Walker’s office after their interview with The Post’s Jonathan Capehart

Oklahoma is making the largest cuts to education in the country. The school districts are going to a 4-day week to cut expenses while 1 in 4 children struggle with hunger. It is first in expulsion rates,

Here is some food-for-thought: Can and should inmates earn cryptocurrency to send to their families? The Education in a Suitcase project brings tablet computers and servers with educational software to

This 4th of July, I’m wondering just how much independence the people of the United States really have to celebrate. That’s because, according to one source, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate

This 4th of July, I’m wondering just how much independence the people of the United States really have to celebrate. That’s because, according to one

Did you know that the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world? The population of the United States is only about 4.5% of the world population, yet the country is home to 22% of all

By: Jenny Wilson Las Vegas Review-Journal An investigation by the Nye County Sheriff’s Office has concluded that staff at the Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump did not commit any criminal violations

The vast majority know the history of Pearl Harbor and that the world was at war for the second time when this event unfolded. But not many Americans know what happened behind the scenes of the war. Quick

I was 15 years old, and once again I got myself locked up in the Whitbourne youth secure custody center. I had been remanded until my court appearance for (accidentally)damaging a wall at the group

Tori's discussion on the abolition of prison, and questioning the legitimacy of mass incarceration, along with it's impact on the economy. So, how can we go about creating a system of justice instead of