The Justice Department undercounted nearly 1,000 deaths in prisons, jails, or during arrests during the last fiscal year, according to the results of a nearly year-long bipartisan investigation. The 10-month investigation, outlined in a Sept. 20 report released jointly by the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and the Government Accountability Office, centered on whether the […]

A while back, Reddit user jojuinc90 asked former prisoners, “What is something nobody tells you about being incarcerated that you had to learn on your own?” They opened up about their experiences and what it’s really like to be incarcerated. Here are the eye-opening results: 1.”Your word is everything. Breaking your word puts you roughly […]

A Principle-Based Perspective Sam S. SouryalSam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas This article discusses corruption in U.S. prison institutions and proposes effective methods to deter its continuance. Unlike other research that has advocated increasing pain and brutality, this article presents a principle-based approach, not weak, spineless, or soft but indeed earnest, steadfast, and well disciplined. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 100 federal prison workers have been arrested, convicted or sentenced for crimes since the start of 2019, including a warden indicted for sexual abuse, an associate warden charged with murder, guards taking cash to smuggle drugs and weapons, and supervisors stealing property such as tires and tractors. An Associated Press […]