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Zero-bail policy goes into effect in LA County
The zero-bail system, officially dubbed by the Los Angeles Superior Court as Pre-Arraignment Release Protocols, or PARP, largely eliminates the existing cash bail system for all but the most serious of crimes. By City News Service On October 1, 2023 Los Angeles County will officially move to a zero-bail system today, ending the years-long standard of…
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NC prison staffer sounds alarm on overcrowding, neglect of basic prisoner health and safety
Email describes disturbing, inhumane conditions at Scotland Correctional Institution By Kelan Lyons On September 27, 2023 A prison so packed that people on suicide watch are sleeping in 5-by-5-foot holding cages. A disabled Vietnam veteran sent to segregation after his peers attacked him. Incarcerated people spending months in solitary confinement, not because of misconduct inside…
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Texas prison guards under criminal investigation over hospitalized inmate
By Paul Flahive On September 25, 2023 The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said its officers used excessive force and have asked the Inspector General to criminally investigate a Sept. 5 incident that saw 13 guards terminated or resign and an inmate still in hospital more than two weeks later. Get TPR’s best stories of…
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Incarcerated deaths, despair and a billion dollar prison price tag
Last week, more individuals in ADOC prisons continued to leave in body bags than parole. By Patrick Darrrington On September 25, 2023 As parole is repeatedly denied and incarcerated people are subjected to deaths, alleged beatings and medical neglect, the Alabama Department of Corrections is intent on spending over a billion in taxpayer dollars on…
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Sentence reductions will survive court’s overturn of reform law, attorneys say
by Richard A. Webster On September 25, 2023 Earlier this month, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued a ruling that, at first glance, appeared to be a major blow to criminal justice reformers seeking to shrink the state’s bloated prison population. But experts say it didn’t completely shut the door on efforts to reduce long sentences and may have…
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Georgia Prisoners Can Be Denied Vital Halfway House Placement Due to Medical Conditions
Placement in a halfway house can significantly improve someone’s chances of reintegrating into society after prison. But numerous people imprisoned in Georgia told The Appeal that they were denied access to the state’s transitional housing programs because of their medical conditions. By C. Dreams On September 25, 2023 In August of 2021, Gus, a prisoner…
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Juvenile Detention Centers Face One Scandal After Another
Despite repeated efforts at reform, allegations of mistreatment mount at youth facilities across the country. By LaKeidra Chavis On September 23, 2023 This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters here. A decision to remove minors…
Read MoreHundreds of GA prison employees had a lucrative side hustle: They aided prisoners’ criminal schemes
By Danny Robbins and Carrie Teegardin On September 21, 2023 Inside Georgia’s prisons, wave after waveof prison employees have become criminals themselves — smuggling in contraband or allowing others to do it and at times pocketing payoffs in the thousands, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation found. Prisoners have run elaborate drug-trafficking networks and cybercrime schemes as…
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The toll on Alabama families of uncontrolled violence in Alabama Department of Corrections’ prisons
“My daughter has nightmares and wakes up screaming and crying because all she sees is her dad being beaten and strangled and screaming for help.” – Christy Martin, whose daughter’s father was killed in prison. This story is part of Appleseed’s series “Cruel and Unusual” focusing on the people harmed by Alabama’s overreliance on excessive…
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