Prison reform

These books about the broken US criminal justice system educate on why the system operates the way it does and what can be done to change it.

"Within three years of release, about two-thirds (67.8 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested." Education in prison's drastically lowers these numbers Photo URL: https://infograph.venngage.com/p/96644/recidivism-infographic

Incarceration rates have tripled over the past three decades, driving up spending on jails and prisons. California spends $53,146 more per prisoner than it does per student, according to a new report.

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Beyond Prisons is a podcast on incarceration and prison abolition that elevates people directly impacted by the system. Hosted by Kim Wilson and Brian Sonenstein.

A new book argues that, in the effort to fix the prison epidemic, we are addressing the wrong things and missing the true problem.

A recent viewing of the film The War Against Kids, which I was unable to finish because the subject matter made me so upset, illustrated very clearly what the national attitude toward children is. …

Inmates across the United States are protesting poor prison conditions and lack of opportunities through the 2018 U.S. prison strike.

From changing the use of cash bail to working in prisons, preparing those in prison and their families for release, and more, social workers are addressing many challenges to improve the criminal justice system and its outcomes. From the October/November 2019 issue of Social Work Advocates.

This is a legitimate statistic. More things are being criminalized in America and therefore more Americans are put in prison. Crime rates are not increasing.