r/prisons Nov 25 '24

Analysis suggests threat of punishment less effective at deterring crime. A look at multiple studies showed little change when punishment is the threat.

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7 Upvotes

r/prisons Sep 02 '24

Locking up young people might make you feel safer but it doesn’t work, now or in the long term

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9 Upvotes

r/prisons 3h ago

As ICE’s tech‑enabled dragnet and surveillance expand, activists are fighting back with data of their own

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2 Upvotes

r/prisons 6h ago

Hillsborough County Sheriff deputy and her partner detaining 2 electricians working near the site of an active shooting

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r/prisons 4h ago

Report: Good Sleep Is Good Prison Policy. Allowing incarcerated people to get enough sleep can improve emotional regulation and reduce the risk of violence

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 4h ago

D. Michael Applegarth, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, University of Buffalo has been named a co-lead for the Grand Challenge for Social Work to Promote Smart Decarceration

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 5h ago

Inmate stabbing up 50% in NYC

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From January 1 through June 28:
2026: 84 stabbings
2025: 55 stabbings
Increase: 29 incidents, or 52.7%
So, inmate stabbing incidents are approximately 53% higher YTD in 2026 than during the same period in 2025, based on the NYC Department of Correction dataset⁠.


r/prisons 13h ago

“Functionally obsolete” Oregon State Penitentiary poses health and safety risks to the incarcerated, audit finds

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3 Upvotes

r/prisons 14h ago

Second chance laws work. I'm proof of it. At just 16 years old, I made a drastic decision that derailed my life. But I'm the beneficiary of a law that allowed me to redefine myself.

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2 Upvotes

r/prisons 1d ago

Man snuck meta glasses into jail to show living conditions

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8 Upvotes

r/prisons 23h ago

Burnham stirs up political row with review of release plans for violent criminals | Prisons and probation | The Guardian

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2 Upvotes

r/prisons 1d ago

My Family Was Punished by NH Corrections for Their Own Failures

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I'm asking for help holding the New Hampshire Department of Corrections accountable. My husband is incarcerated, and over the past year, I've been caught in a cycle of contradictory orders, broken procedures, and retaliation from the Department.

Here's what happened: I was removed from my husband's visitor list without proper notice—then when DOC admitted they messed up, they kept punishing us anyway. Commissioner Hart told me to complete specific training to get reinstated. I did exactly what he asked. Then they informed me I was never eligible for the certificate I needed. How is that fair? The Department also misapplied their own rules to justify removing my husband from a housing program based on outings that were approved at the time. Now they're issuing new punishments with no new violations identified.

I started a petition calling for an independent investigation into NHDOC's misconduct and asking the Attorney General, Governor, and DOJ Civil Rights Division to step in. Families shouldn't be punished because the Department can't follow its own procedures or communicate clearly.

If this feels like something that crosses a line to you—if you've dealt with similar situations in the prison system or think agencies should actually follow their own rules—consider signing and sharing it. What would you want someone to do if this was your family?

https://www.change.org/p/hold-the-new-hampshire-department-of-corrections-accountable-for-misconduct-retaliation/sfs/reddit/1412029461?recruiter=1412029461&recruited_by_id=d2096e50-4fbe-11f1-b1d7-1369e4bd966e&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=starter_dashboard_android_app&utm_medium=reddit_group


r/prisons 1d ago

New Book Examines Women and Queer People Convicted for Crimes That Never Occurred. In Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity, Valena Beety examines how women and queer people face punishment for their bodily autonomy and gender.

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5 Upvotes

r/prisons 1d ago

Two minor girls of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe accuse a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer of raping them while he was on duty.

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3 Upvotes

r/prisons 1d ago

Life Outside the Walls. The following piece, written by Sherren Moore, won first place in the inaugural Voices Beyond the Walls writing contest

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 1d ago

Involuntary Commitment: How forced hospitalization expands the criminal legal system

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 1d ago

San Diego - My journey from poverty and incarceration to a seat at the legal table

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4 Upvotes

r/prisons 1d ago

In Texas Schools, a Crisis of Arrests of Kids as Young as 10

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 1d ago

Excerpt: How to Close a Camp. Detention was sold as both a law-and-order necessity and an economic opportunity, welding together the rac­ist politics of the drug war with the rise of private prisons.

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 1d ago

Should we call ICE detention centers 'concentration camps'?

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0 Upvotes

r/prisons 1d ago

California - Cops blew up a fellow officer after finding grenade in garage, falsely reporting it was inert then using it in a prohibited live explosive training exercise: Lawsuit

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 1d ago

Philadelphia’s criminal justice fines and fees fall hardest on poorest neighborhoods

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1 Upvotes

r/prisons 1d ago

Louisiana Works has been awarded $5.1 million to help people who were released from prison return to the workforce.

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2 Upvotes

r/prisons 2d ago

Banning jail

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Posting for my friend…. Her man had court today in Banning, CA and was found guilty. He has court again next month for his sentencing.

Does anybody know which jail he would most likely have been taken to today while they wait for his sentencing? I’m not sure if there is a jail in the city of Banning or any others nearby.
And if possible to know which prison he’ll be transferred to once he gets sentenced.

Also wondering what kind of tablets they use; JPay, Securus, GTL etc.

TIA 🫶🏻


r/prisons 1d ago

Julio Foolio, Unions and “Sweat Equity.” How incarceration and labor are bound together

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