Mastodawn

Brazilian inmates reduce sentences through reading http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRspbM #Brazil #Incarceration #PrisonReform #LiteracyMatters #ReadToSucceed

Paria sans portefeuille 3h ago

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #VictoriaLaw, author of "#CorridorsOfContagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of #Incarceration."

Law describes in harrowing detail how state neglect and #carceralAbuse amplified the ravages of #Covid19 in the US prison system

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/18960148-amplifying-the-violence-of-incarceration-victoria-law-on-prisons-during-pandemic

#USprisons #USpol #prisons #prisonIndustrialComplex #socialMurder #Covid19USA #books @bookstodon

Amplifying the Violence of Incarceration: Victoria Law on Prisons During Pandemic - Speaking Out of Place

Today I am honored to speak with veteran journalist Victoria Law. She is the author of such books as Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women, Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms (co-autho...

Buzzsprout

CBC Newfoundland & Labrador 9h ago

John Howard Society says up-to-date data on Indigenous incarceration in N.L. 'extremely important'
The John Howard Society's N.L. chapter responds to recent report that shows an overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the N.L. justice system.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/john-howard-society-says-up-to-date-data-on-indigenous-incarceration-in-n-l-extremely-important-9.7148627?cmp=rss

KUOW (bot)1d ago

A recent audit finds conditions are improving at the Klickitat County Jail in Goldendale, after county commissioners removed the jail from the sheriff’s oversight and created a department of corrections, as required by a legal settlement with the man’s family.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/nearly-three-years-after-outcry-audit-finds-rural-washington-jail-in-a-better-place
#KUOW #News #LawAndCourts #Police #LawAndCourts #Incarceration

Nearly 3 years after outcry, audit finds rural Washington jail in a better place

A recent audit finds conditions are improving at the Klickitat County Jail in Goldendale, after county commissioners removed the jail from the sheriff’s oversight and created a department of corrections, as required by a legal settlement with the man’s family.

ResearchBuzz: Firehose 3d ago

CalMatters: Digital tablets mellowed California prisons. Now a tech migration is riling users . “…today, the entire system with almost 90,000 prisoners is in the midst of a disruptive switch to new tablets from a new vendor. The project is months behind schedule, which temporarily resulted in increased text messaging charges for consumers at the first prison facility where it became fully […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/01/calmatters-digital-tablets-mellowed-california-prisons-now-a-tech-migration-is-riling-users/

CalMatters: Digital tablets mellowed California prisons. Now a tech migration is riling users

CalMatters: Digital tablets mellowed California prisons. Now a tech migration is riling users . “…today, the entire system with almost 90,000 prisoners is in the midst of a disruptive s…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Bich Nguyen 3d ago

"There were allegedly five heat-related deaths over the last two summers in Texas prisons, the plaintiff’s attorneys presented on the first day of the federal trial over insufficient air conditioning in these facilities.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has not publicly acknowledged heat as a significant factor in these deaths..."

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/30/texas-prison-ac-trial-heat-deaths-allegations/

#PublicHealth #heat #climate #incarceration #corrections #courts #texas

Federal trial over air conditioning in Texas prisons starts with dispute over alleged heat-related deaths

The plaintiffs are asking for the entire Texas prison system to be air-conditioned by the end of 2029 in a trial that is expected to last two weeks.

The Texas Tribune

CBC Canada 5d ago

Indigenous people 8 times more likely to be incarcerated than others in N.L., says study
A new study carried out by First Light indicates Indigenous people in Newfoundland and Labrador are incarcerated at a rate eight times higher than their non-Indigenous counterparts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/first-light-indigenous-incarceration-9.7145197?cmp=rss

CBC Newfoundland & Labrador 5d ago

Indigenous people 8 times more likely to be incarcerated than others in N.L., says study
A new study carried out by First Light indicates Indigenous people in Newfoundland and Labrador are incarcerated at a rate eight times higher than their non-Indigenous counterparts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/first-light-indigenous-incarceration-9.7145197?cmp=rss

Harms Committed Mar 25

"I decided to join the Handala after trying to move the system from the inside."

"I was contacting the deputy Secretary General to send UN observers."

"It was difficult for me to understand why there was so much lack of courage."
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Authors: Ramsey Hanhan & Chloé Ludden
Publication: Mondoweiss @mondoweiss
March 24, 2026
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#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Water #Military #Genocide
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/why-i-resigned-from-the-un-to-join-the-gaza-freedom-flotilla/

Why I resigned from the UN to join the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

Mondoweiss interviews former UN official Chloé Ludden about her experiences at sea during the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and why those working at international organizations, including civil servants, can no longer afford the luxury of silence.

Mondoweiss

Harms Committed Mar 25

"Carlos arrived at an [ICE] office in New Mexico in December, believing he was one step closer to reuniting with his children."

"[T]hey stripped off his clothes [..] and chained him by the neck, waist, and legs."

"They tricked me."
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Authors: Claudia Boyd-Barrett, Renuka Rayasam, & Amanda Seitz
Publication: KFF Health News
March 24, 2026
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#NewMexico #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-deportation-immigration-unaccompanied-children-bait-parent-arrests-hhs/

‘They Tricked Me’: A Father Was Chained After He Went to ICE To Reunite With His Kids - KFF Health News

The administration has largely converted the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement into an arm of immigration enforcement, detaining children longer while helping immigration officers arrest their parents or other family members. One father was chained when he went to an ICE office to discuss being reunited with his son and daughter.

KFF Health News