Prison From The Inside Out: Bridging Inmates To Society, Founder Porshe Taylor Shares Vision
The founder of Prison From The Inside Out explains how the non-profit is bridging the gap between people in prison and the community....
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How Meek Mill & Michael Rubin’s REFORM Alliance is Reshaping The Prison Reform Movement
Pushed for by REFORM Alliance and others, Senate Bill 752 will shorten probation terms and help formerly incarcerated individuals gain a GED....
Morehouse College’s Prison Education Initiative Offers Humanities Courses To Incarcerated, Returning Citizens
Since 2020, faculty members of Morehouse's Prison Education Initiative have been teaching courses in the humanities to men and women in prisons or reentry programs...
New York’s Rikers Island Has Become a Hotbed For Violence, Wild Parties and Fatal Overdoses Due to Staffing Shortages
Inmates at Rikers Island are partying, smoking drinking and posting TikTok videos of the mayhem due primarily to a shortage of staff. It's wild....
Jail Nurse Says She ‘Witnessed a Murder’, Presses FBI to Investigate Detainee’s Death
A jail nurse's persistence after she claims to have "witnessed a murder" led to an FBI investigation into the death of Hardell Sherrell....
Oldest Juvenile Lifer, 82-Year-Old Man, Released from Prison After Nearly Seven Decades
Joe Ligon is free after serving 68 years in prison. He missed the era of Civil Rights, the technology boom, and the first Black President....
Eddie Lee Howard, Wrongfully Imprisoned For The Killing a White Woman, Exonerated 26 Years on Death Row
Eddie Lee Howard, an innocent Black man who served 26 years on death row, has been released after having his innocence proven....
Video: Correction Officers Tase Shackled, Seizure-Suffering Black Inmate Prior to His Death
A video from 2018 showing a shackled Black inmate tasered by corrections officers shortly before his death has surfaced--along with troubling questions....
Colin Kaepernick Partners With Kennedy Organization to Bail People Out of Jail
Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights camp and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights announced a $1 million donation to community bail funds across the country....
Success Beyond Bars: Lawrence Carpenter Applies Entrepreneurship To Transform Lives of Formerly Incarcerated
Lawrence Carpenter, the CEO of Superclean Professional Janitorial Services, opens up about his journey from incarceration to entrepreneurship....