Fighting for the rights of the incarcerated has been her lifelong pursuit
In 2005, while she was a student at Yale Law School, Andrea Armstrong chose a summer internship that brought her to Louisiana ...
Prison to prosperity: How a non-profit is creating opportunities for people re-entering society
Channel 9′s Erica Bryant found a local non-profit in Charlotte offering training and funding to those re-entering society ...
‘I was lost’: Paving a better path for those leaving prison
At the end of 2012, he was sent to a prerelease program in Boston, where he had to find a job with no cellphone and no ...
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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 ...
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 ...
A Chicagoan’s journey through incarceration, deportation and the fight for ‘A New Path’
Lee Ragsdale advocated for the publication of a deportation guide for noncitizens navigating a reentry into the country they ...
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Health care is key for youths getting out of prison. A new law helps them get it
The goal is to help prevent them from developing a health crisis or ... Medicaid has historically been prohibited from paying ...
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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Lamont proposes criminal justice cuts: free messages for CT inmates, public defender access at stake
The governor signed off on it. Now we're killing it? The whole point was to help incarcerated people stay connected with their families." Jeff Beckham, the governor's budget chief, said ...
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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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Incarcerated firefighters do risky, low-pay work. Many say it's the best job behind bars.
That's how Anthony Pedro felt after his time as an incarcerated firefighter. "It's so rewarding to be able to help people in their worst days," Pedro said in an interview with The Marshall Project.