A Chicagoan’s journey through incarceration, deportation and the fight for ‘A New Path’
Erick vividly remembers stepping off a plane at the Texas-Mexico border, shackled, when he was deported in 2013. The group he ...
Changing prison culture and people’s lives through prison newspapers
They were prospective applicants for CCWF’s pioneering new newspaper, put together in a newsroom next door, and Vasquez told ...
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Incarcerated firefighters do risky, low-pay work. Many say it's the best job behind bars.
The Marshall Project spotlights some of the incarcerated firefighters doing one of the riskiest, lowest-paying, but ...
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Health care is key for youths getting out of prison. A new law helps them get it
It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...
Worcester organization that helps formerly incarcerated people left out of Healey budget
The well-stocked pantry can members and their families get past a financial rough patch; a supply closet can help them ...
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Support on wheels: Mobile center helps meet needs for formerly incarcerated people
It is a new approach to reentry, bringing resources directly to high-need areas to support more successful transitions to the ...
How you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling L.A. wildfires
The Los Angeles-based Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to ending mass incarceration, started a fundraiser on Friday to support the fire crews of California’s prisons.
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Incarcerated firefighters are helping save SoCal—what happens after they get out?
One expert we spoke to says confusing ballot language didn’t help: "Many people were just unaware of Prop 6 and what goes on with the incarcerated people and their families, let alone that the ...
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A new rule slashed how much prisons can charge for phone calls. Louisiana is challenging it.
which advocates cheered as a way for loved ones to help incarcerated people better reintegrate into society. The state, some prison phone companies and the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association ...
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A decade and $600 million later, New York prisons still lack cameras
Beyond deterrence, camera footage can help incarcerated people back up complaints or challenge discipline. Incarcerated people can request to use DOCCS security and body camera video as evidence ...
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Former incarcerated man to lead arts group that inspired Oscar-nominated 'Sing Sing'
Jermaine Archer did time in Sing Sing and has been tapped to lead the prison-arts group that inspired the Oscar-nominated film 'Sing Sing.' ...
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How many of California’s incarcerated firefighters battling the wildfires are people of color?
As historic wildfires blaze a path of destruction across Los Angeles County in California, hundreds of incarcerated firefighters have been deployed to help battle the flames. Since the fires began ...