This is so obviously the right thing to do. Lessons in return for reduced jail sentence resulted in 30% fall in reoffending and 15% fall in prison population. Next up: let’s try free #counselling#PrisonReform#josephrowntreefoundationwww.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Inmates could do classes to cut prison time under Texas-style reforms

Courses targeting the root cause of offending in England and Wales would be included in scheme

This week at conference Labour reiterated plans to close women's prisons. Here we looked at some of the alternatives that work. #prisonreform#women#UKpoltheconversation.com/prison-is-a-...

Prison is a disaster for women – here’s what would work instead

Incarcerated women need trauma-informed support and mental health services.

In Alabama, Officers Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions theintercept.com/2024/09/24/a...#AbolishTheDeathPenalty#PrisonReform#ACAB

In Alabama, Officers Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions

As Alabama keeps details around the death penalty hidden, an investigation raises questions about how prisoners are treated in their final moments.

🔷Lawyer Rezan Sarıca warns the Council of Europe’s recent steps are positive but not enough to address Turkey’s failure to reform life sentences, including in Abdullah Öcalan’s case. #Öcalan#CouncilofEurope#PrisonReform 🔗https://buff.ly/4ecmjMH

Rezan Sarıca: Council of Europe’s warning insufficient for Turkey’s life sentence reforms

Lawyer Rezan Sarıca has warned that while the Council of Europe’s recent warning to Turkey over life sentence reforms is

Privatized prison systems & corporate greed fail yet again! Overcrowding, lack of electronic tags, & public safety at risk. Time to abolish these profit-driven prisons & prioritize human dignity! 🌍✊ #EcoSocialism#PrisonReform#AbolishPrisonshttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp95n2z9370o

🍃⚖ Justice isn't just retribution but also humane treatment. Tobin's end highlights the broken prison system and the need for empathy, even for the worst. 🌍🩺 #PrisonReform#EcoSocialism#HumanRightshttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70w48zx60wo

The Michigan Justice Fund addressed mass incarceration through art and design in Detroit. Read the about the impact art has had on artist Q’s life in my latest online story. taylersimpsonreporting.wordpress.com/2024/09/14/a...#hive55#communityimpact#massincarceration#prisonreform#detroit

Addressing mass incarceration through art

Last Updated: Sept. 14, 2024, 1:30 am ET  By Tayler Simpson  'In Prison You Die Alone' acrylic painting by Martin Vargas displayed at the N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art in Detroit Thursday night....

Here's a concise tweet summarizing the news with hashtags in English: Federal judge orders Illinois to evacuate 100-year-old Stateville prison by Sept 30 due to crumbling infrastructure.. #PrisonReform#IllinoisNews#CriminalJusticeapnews.com/article/illi...

‘It’s torture’: brutal heat broils Texas prisons, killing dozens of inmates | US prisons | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...#PrisonReform#FixTexas#SaveDemocracyVoteBlue#StopFascism

‘It’s torture’: brutal heat broils Texas prisons, killing dozens of inmates

Legal action aims to force criminal justice department to air condition prisons, where 85,000 are at risk of heat illnesses

As long as this prison system is legal, can we really claim America is a democracy? #democracy#prisonreform#AmericanDemocracy#ClimateChange#justiceNowwww.politico.com/news/2024/06...

‘Cooking someone to death’: Southern states resist calls to add air conditioning to prisons

Advocates have called the sweltering conditions in some prisons “cruel and unusual” punishment.