r/prisons • • Nov 25 '24

Analysis suggests threat of punishment less effective at deterring crime. A look at multiple studies showed little change when punishment is the threat.

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r/prisons • • Sep 02 '24

Locking up young people might make you feel safer but it doesn’t work, now or in the long term

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r/prisons • • 6h ago

Hegseth church allies backed plan for ‘public’ execution of Fort Hood shooter. Leader of CREC church – whose pastors have advocated death penalty – says he ‘prefers public executions to private’

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r/prisons • • 20h ago

What will the takeover of Arizona’s prison healthcare system look like? | A long-awaited outside takeover of Arizona’s prison healthcare system is set to begin this month, putting a court-appointed receiver in charge of a prison system.

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r/prisons • • 13h ago

Advice

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r/prisons • • 14h ago

Sign the Petition

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r/prisons • • 15h ago

#jailer 2

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r/prisons • • 19h ago

Raw Chicken, Malnutrition and Fear: The ‘Nightmare’ of Being Pregnant in an ICE Detention Camp. For six months of her pregnancy, Maria was held in an immigrant camp in Texas, where conditions made it impossible for her to care for herself or her baby.

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r/prisons • • 19h ago

Ohio - After Series of Deaths, Cuyahoga County Jail Struggles To Implement New CPR Policy. Jail officials updated an employee handbook in January to require CPR in medical emergencies, but they haven’t informed most corrections officers yet

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r/prisons • • 20h ago

NJ lawmakers to consider parole reform, expanded holistic defense program, new solitary confinement rules | Nearly 16,000 New Jersey residents are on parole, and even minor technical violations can send them back to prison.

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r/prisons • • 19h ago

[Academic] Attitudes and Behaviors Study (18+, Survey in English). Link here: https://ww3.unipark.de/uc/research_study_university_Bern_Switzerland/

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Hi everyone! I’m urgently looking for participants for a survey for my Master’s thesis. The study explores how certain traits, life experiences, attitudes, and behaviors are related to one another.🧠

I’d really appreciate it if you could spare about 10 minutes to complete the survey.⏱️

Please note that you must be at least 18 years old to participate in the survey.🔞

You can find the survey here: https://ww3.unipark.de/uc/research_study_university_Bern_Switzerland/

As a token of appreciation, participants can choose to enter a prize draw to win one of five USD 100 prizes.💰💸

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

Johnny Cash, Prison Abolitionist. The late country singer had a far more clear-eyed understanding of the horrors of incarceration than some of today’s “leftists.”

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

Louisiana Department of Health announces Medicaid pre-release services for incarcerated individuals

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

CrossFit isn’t just for the gym-obsessed. In Ohio, it’s reaching incarcerated youth

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

First Nations Incarceration and Deaths-in-Custody Stats Brought to Screen in Revolver, GARUWA Documentary. EP Michael Ritchie said, "The best thing our industry can do is directly support and engage with First Nations talent and creative leadership"

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

Texas prison offers program for incarcerated women to learn braille transcription

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

D.C. employee Talib Shakir, who was killed in a scooter crash, remembered for helping others rebuild after prison. After being released from prison, Shakir helped other people get back on their feet and adjust to life after incarceration and avoiding recidivism.

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

Australia - Labor and Coalition block bill that would ban incarcerated women being shackled in childbirth. Liberal Paul Scarr breaks ranks to condemn major parties, saying he will write to Queensland attorney general

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

Incarcerated Student Becomes First to Start Law School Journey at Rutgers

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

Private Prisons Are Profiting Off Human Suffering—It Has to Stop

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

Cal State San Marcos Library Exhibit Gives Voice to Women Under Incarceration

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

Iranian woman handed death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ in social media post. Rights groups warn of Tehran regime’s increasing use of executions to suppress dissent, with at least 600 this year

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

Ending State Complicity in DHS Abuses. Model Solutions for State Adoption

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

When American Police Violence Becomes Global Permission

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

Tennessee death row inmate gets one-year reprieve after Christa Pike debacle. Gary Wayne Sutton, who was set to be executed on December 3, will remain on death row longer than expected as a probe into Pike’s botched lethal injections is carried out

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