Essay: A Pennsylvania prison gets a Scandinavian-style makeover – and shows how the US penal system could become more humane
In an article first published on The Conversation, criminologists JORDAN HYATT and SYNØVE NYGAARD ANDERSEN look at what a recent collaboration between correctional services in Pennsylvania and several Scandinavian countries reveals…
From inmate to homeless: Poor housing returns convicts to jail in England
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation A lack of housing and widespread homelessness in England are pushing many ex-inmates to re-offend and end up back in jail, a prisons watchdog warned on Wednesday. Prisoners released without stable housing were almost twice as likely to re-offend, according to an HM Inspectorate of Prisons report, citing barriers to accommodation […]
WOW!: BARISTAS BEHIND BARS – UK PRISONERS SWAP CRIME FOR COFFEE
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a prison initiative which provides inmates with speciality coffee skills in a bid to help them to find jobs upon release…
ESSAY: US ‘FIRST STEP’ ACT RECOGNISES THAT PRISONERS, TOO, ARE MADE IN GOD’S IMAGE
HEATHER RICE-MINUS, of Prison Fellowship in the US, says reform of the federal justice system is “overdue”…
ESSAY: PEOPLE OF FAITH SHOULD SUPPORT PRISON REFORM LEGISLATION
Writing from the US in an article first published on Religion News Service, Rabbi ABRAHAM COOPER, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Rev JOHNNIE MOORE, president of the Congress of Christian Leaders, argue in favour of passing legislation to reform the prison system…