Prison System

How Would You Design a Prison According to UX / User Experience Principles?

Quora | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Prison Reform, Incarceration, Prison, Prison Inmates, Prisons, Prison System, Prisoners, Crime News

This question originally appeared on Quora. By Eric "Phil" Phillips, Inmate at San Quentin If I were designing a prison, I would eliminate double ...

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Mother's Day: Tears and Triumphs

Gretchen Burns Bergman | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Addiction, Drugs, Families, Moms, Incarceration, Parents, Prison System, Mother's Day, War on Drugs, Parents News

For most women, Mother's Day is a time to honor and celebrate motherhood. For countless other women, it also marks a day of grieving and loss.

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"Prison Break" Lemonade

Marc Mauer | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Prison, Prison Reform, Criminal Justice System, Prison System, Sensationalism, Marketing, Prisons, Criminal Justice, Advertising, Prisons in the Media, DC News

For far too long, our approach to developing public policy on issues of crime and punishment has been overly framed by sensationalist imagery.

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Is This The Future Of Prisons?

| Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Architecture, Prisons, Video, US Prison System, 499.SUMMIT, Prison System, Prison Design, US Prisons, Culture News

By Karissa Rosenfield (click here for original article) Courtesy of Andreas Tjeldflaat and Greg Knobloch With the guidance of their instruc...

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The Bureaucracy of Prisons

Michael Santos | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Prison Bureaucracy, Prison Reform, Political Prisoners, Prison System, Crime News

During the decades I've served, I have learned that to expect justice from this system is absurd. Justice would provide mechanisms that would encourage individuals to work toward reconciling with society and earning graduating increases in liberty.

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California Prison System Marks A Major Milestone

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: California, Prison System, CA Jails, CA Jails Overcrowding, California Prison Overcrowding, California Jails, Ca Prison Overcrowding, Ca Prison System, Ca Prisons, California Prisons, Prison Overcrowding, California Prison System, San Francisco News

TRACY, Calif. — California prisons marked a milestone Friday, when officials said they had removed the last of nearly 20,000 beds that had been ...

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What Is a Typical Inmate Day Like in San Quentin? What's the Schedule?

Quora | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Prison Reform, Prison System, Prison, California Prisons, Prisoners, Quora, Prisons, Prison Inmates, San Quentin Prison, San Quentin State Prison, Inmates, San Quentin, California Inmates, Crime News

Although San Quentin State Prison is known for its notorious past, currently it happens to be the most stable and consistent of all the prisons. Here is a typical day for me.

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Life In a Box

Diane Dimond | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Solitary Confinement, Prison Reform, Susan Greene, Prison System, Corrections, Prisons, Inmates, Abu Ghraib, Crime News

Americans were once riveted by the horrific news of the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. Today, I believe there is another atrocity taking place inside our own American prison system.

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Why Mass Incarceration Really Is The New Jim Crow

Inimai Chettiar | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Jim Crow, Prisons, Prison System, Bv-Politics, Racial Profiling, Black History Month, Black Voices News

I spent this past New Year's Eve lying on the floor of a New England police station. Just hours before, I was enjoying sushi with my best friend Jamal; excitedly discussing his possible political appointment and promising career.

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She was an inmate. I was a suburbanite. We were never supposed to be friends.

Joan Gelman | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Governor David Paterson, Rehabilitation, Judy Clark, Clemency, Iowa Writer's Workshop, Harriet Clark, Adversity, Stuyvesant High School, Inspiration, Female Friendship, Prison System, My Story, Women News

She was an inmate. I was a suburbanite. We were never supposed to be friends.

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WATCH: Which Country's Prison System Lets Inmates Go Hunting?

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Video, Recidivism, Prison System, Prison Policy, Greenland, Greenland Prisons, Prisons, Jail, Open Prison System, World News

Where in the world are prisoners served breakfast buffets, allowed to go on snowy hikes, and given permission to handle firearms? In the video above, ...

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Fla. Prisons Open Veteran-Only Dorms

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Florida Prisons, Iraq Veterans, Video, Military, Prison, Prison System, Segregation, Veteran Incarceration, Florida, Veterans, Impact News

Florida's Department of Corrections opened five new prison dormitories exclusively for incarcerated war veterans on Wednesday, reports the Orlando Sen...

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Texas Prisoners Get Two Meals A Day On Weekends To Ease Budget Woes

Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Bankruptcy, Texas Prisons Two Meals, Prison System, Cost Cutting Measures, Business News, Texas-Prisons, Texas-Prisons-Cut-Lunches, Video, Business News

As the weak economy continues to hit cash-strapped city and state governments, some are passing the costs on to prisoners. More than 20,000 Texas ...

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Prisoners Formally Complain For More TV Sports Channels

PA | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Pa, Prison Conditions, Prison Population, Prison System, Home News

Inmates at a jail in South Wales have lodged a formal complaint with prison authorities because they want more sports channels on television. ...

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Why We Can't Incarcerate Our Way Out of Crisis

Wes Moore | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Youth Prisons, US Prison System, Recidivism, Youth Prison Reform, Prison System, Obama Recidivism, Decreasing-Recidivism, Black Voices News

Innovative programs such as the Missouri Division of Youth Services (DYS) have long proven that departing from the large, prison-like correctional institutions in favor of smaller, regionally dispersed facilities is quantifiably and qualitatively more effective.

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Close Infamous Sing Sing, Make State Some Money, Pols Say

AP | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Sing Sing, NY Real Estate, New York Prisons, Prisons, Prison System, Prison, Sing Sing Prison, New York News

OSSINING, N.Y. — Some NY politicians have no love for the infamous Sing Sing prison and suggest Gov. Andrew Cuomo close it to save money. Now a...

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TAKE ACTION: We need a Christmas miracle for Betsie Gallardo

Bil Browning | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Charlie Crist, Florida, Betsie Gallardo, Prison System, Heartless Punishment, Christmas Miracle, HIV+ Children, Spitting on a Cop, HIV Discrimination, Abused Children, Healthy Living News

Folks, we need a Christmas miracle and we need it today. Get out your cell because you're about to start crying and then start making phone calls. Be...

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New York Prison Population Dropped By 1,000

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Prison Population, Crime, Prison, Prison System, Prisoners, Prisons, New York City, New York, New York Prison, New York News

NEW YORK — Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year, contributin...

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How Drugs and Prisons Became Replacement Economies

Charles Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Drug War, Economics, Prison System, Prison, Charles Shaw, Exile Nation, Rod Blagojevich, East-Moline-Illiniois, The Quad Cities, Postindustrial Age, Chicago News

Cops and prisons, drugs and guns, McDonald's and Wal-Mart ... these were the replacement economies America had to offer in her postindustrial age if you couldn't get a college degree.

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Inmates Use Freedom Of Information Laws To Get Info On Prison Guards

AP | SUSAN HAIGH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Information Act, Foi, Prison System, Correction Officers, Prison Inmates, Connecticut, New York News

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Inmate Slits Guard's Throat In Connecticut Prison

AP | STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prison Violence, Prison System, Connecticut, Inmate, Guard Attack, Northern Correctional Institution, Guard Slashed, Somers, New York News

HARTFORD, Conn. — An inmate at the state's highest security prison slashed a guard's throat with a homemade blade during a routine security chec...

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Prison Population Drops In New York, Grows Across US

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prison Population, Jails, Prisons, Inmates, 1.6 Million Prisoners, Justice Department, Prison System, New York News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. prison population edged up slightly last year, though the number of total inmates dropped in 20 states, including New York...

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How Leonard Peltier Could Leave Prison by August 18

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Native Americans, Leonard-Peltier, Federal Parole Commission, Justice, Prison System, Fbi, Politics News

For a formidable and growing global community of supporters, the prospect of Native American activist Leonard Peltier finally leaving prison inspires a longing that cuts to the depths of the soul.

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What If Released Inmates Stopped Committing Crimes?: Prison Reform That's Already Working -- Like Nothing You've Seen Before

Pamela Gerloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Non-Violent Crime, Criminal-Justice-System, Crime, Prison Violence, Recidivism, Prison System, Prison, Senator Webb, Senator Jim Webb, Violent Crime, Violence, Criminal Justice, Inmates, Jim Webb, Prison Inmates, Politics News

Let's start changing our lock-up facilities into places that actually cause inmates to change their behavior -- so that when they leave them they never go back.

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State Prisons Look To Cut Medical Costs With Telephone Doctors

Quad-City Times | Kurt Erickson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Prisons, Telemedicine, Prison System, Health, Illinois Prison Health, Prison Health Care, Chicago News

Hoping to combat rising medical costs, Illinois prison officials have quietly begun investigating a new way to treat inmates....

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