Rehabilitation In Sight
Prison sucks, but so does the aftermath. In the United States, we impose some serious penalties on convicted felons even after their...
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Jazmyne Arnett
- Dec 9, 2018
- 3 min
Minimum Time Out from Solitary Confinement Federally Mandated, But What About the States?
It is no secret that solitary confinement can have a detrimental and lasting effect on its victims’ psyche and physical health. The...
Spencer Griffin
- Nov 14, 2018
- 3 min
Forgiveness for Those Who Forget
The Eighth Amendment reads, “excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments...
Marjorie Lluveres
- Oct 23, 2018
- 4 min
Left to Die: States Fail to Evacuate Prisons During Hurricanes
“We do not want to risk one life in [Hurricane Florence].” Those were the words of Henry McMaster, the South Carolina Governor, as he...
Jessica Lara
- Mar 14, 2018
- 3 min
Throw away the key?
Recently Larry Nassar, the former U.S. gymnastics doctor who abused young women and girls under the guise of medical treatment, was...
Emily Blazak
- Mar 13, 2018
- 4 min
Get Out of Jail Free Cards: Overhauling the Bail System
The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution reads “excessive bails shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed.” But...
Lisa Sendrow
- Feb 4, 2018
- 6 min
Female Inmates, Too: Will They Benefit from the #MeToo Movement from Behind Bars?
In January 2018, a guilty verdict was reached against a former prison guard from the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York. He was...
Laurel Anderson
- Dec 15, 2017
- 3 min
Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System: Re-Institutionalization behind Bars
Americans have typically feared the reality of mental illness, which has resulted in a traumatic history of systematic oppression to some...
Apoorva Deshmukh
- Apr 21, 2017
- 6 min
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) and Relevant State Statutes in Maryland, Virginia, an
In 2001, there were approximately 2,100,146 persons incarcerated throughout the United States, with 1,324,464 individuals in federal or...
Erin Haney
- May 14, 2016
- 4 min
Is the Criminal Justice System Equipped to Handle Those Suffering from Mental Illness?
As our society progresses and evolves, we understand more about mental illness and mental illness has become less stigmatized as a...
Danielle Bereznay
- Mar 30, 2016
- 4 min
Prison Reform: Tackling Recidivism through Job Security
The United States incarcerates more individuals than any other nation in the world. In numbers, that means 2.3 million adults are...