County Supervisors are asking some tough questions about a proposed contract with prison-telecoms vendor Smart Communications.| Tone Madison
Research and advocacy about how mass incarceration affects individuals, communities and the national welfare.| www.prisonpolicy.org
Nearly half of all men in United States' state prisons are fathers. Many struggle to know how to fill that role. This lack of knowledge can perpetuate harmful cycles and lead to generational damage. This Father's Day, June 15 in numerous nations, it is an opportune time for fathers in churches to model healthy fatherhood to the world for the benefit of the next generation.| www.christiandaily.com
Survey data shows mass incarceration has been used to warehouse some of the most disadvantaged members of society| www.prisonpolicy.org
An underutilized government dataset goes deep into daily life in state prisons — including work assignments, programming, and discipline — revealing lost opportunities for rehabilitation, ...| www.prisonpolicy.org
Government survey results illuminate the broader consequences of locking up people with children.| www.prisonpolicy.org
Despite the common refrain that jails and prisons are de facto treatment facilities, most prioritize punitive mail scanning policies and strict visitation rules that fail ...| www.prisonpolicy.org