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Crime victims in Pennsylvania could soon begin getting restitution owed from prisoners under a bill in the state House of Representative that seeks to require the garnishment of deposits made to inmates’ personal accounts, The Philadelphia Tribune reported. Since current law permits the garnishments but does not require the deductions, “county and state prison inmates […]

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A Pennsylvania bill seeks to require the garnishment of deposits made to inmates’ personal accounts for victim restitution.

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Caddo Parish sheriff Steve Prator believes that well-behaved prisoners should stay locked up because cheap labor is more important than their freedom.

Little Known Black History Facts

The case of teen Louisiana death row inmate Willie Francis and his survival of the electric chair brought attention to the serious issues in the justice system for Blacks. Francis ultimately met his fate by execution, but some historians believe he was unfairly treated in the process. Francis was 16 years old when he was […]

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Could it be that slowly judges and jury’s are deciding prison is not the best or only option for wayward teens? Apparently this was the thought process behind Family Court Judge Robert Coonin’s decision to send Trinity Carr, 17, (pictured, in 2015) to Grace Cottage, a secure residential program, for six months instead of to prison. Coonin […]

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Kalief Browder’s story is still one of the darkest tales in the history of the American prison system. After committing suicide at just 22 years old, the young man who served three years at Rikers Island (although he was never convicted), received a beautiful posthumous birthday gift this year. On Wednesday, officials announced that a Bronx […]

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Black Lives Matter, Color of Change and several other social change organizations are collaborating on National Mama's Bail Out Day to free more than 30 women who are jailed for low-level offenses and can't pay bail.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A jury on Monday recommended criminal charges against seven Milwaukee County jail staffers in the dehydration death of an inmate who went without water for seven days. The jury’s recommendation came after a six-day inquest that included testimony from jail staff and evidence from county prosecutors. The jury found probable cause for […]

Little Known Black History Facts

Rikers Island, New York’s infamous jail,  has a reputation of violence, corruption and oppression. Recently, activists hoped to have the prison’s name changed have after historians linked the name Rikers to a Dutch family that participated in an illegal slavery scheme. Richard Riker, a descendant of Dutch immigrant Abraham Ryken, was reported to be a […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrew Leander Wilson, a broad smile on his face and no bitterness in his heart, clasped hands with his family on his first day of freedom Thursday after spending 32 years in prison for a murder he denied committing. Wilson, 62, was released from the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail […]

Black women have become accustomed to hearing negative statistics about their finances, health and marriageability, but there is one statistic that has improved dramatically. According to recent reports, Black women are going to jail much less, while white women’s incarceration rates have skyrocketed. The Washington Post reports: The U.S. imprisonment rate has been declining for […]

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SMYRNA, Del. (AP) — Inmates at a Delaware prison took five corrections department workers hostage Wednesday, a move the inmates told a local newspaper was due to concerns about their treatment and the leadership of the United States. The hostage situation drew dozens of officers and law enforcement vehicles to the James T. Vaughn Correctional […]