r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 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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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 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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r/prisons • u/matthewstoneburner • 3h ago

I spent 11 years in prison and 2 weeks ago I got out. I am wanting to start a conversation about what I went through and what is wrong with prison. I want to share my story with ppl and help others from going down tht road. Will ppl want this or will I be wasting my time.

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r/prisons • u/IntnsRed • 1h ago

Britain’s prisons are full. The solution has sparked outrage | The gov't projected that prisons, which hovered somewhere between 97% and 98% capacity and would fill up by November without urgent action. Some 700 criminals were expected to be freed across England and Wales.

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r/prisons • u/IntnsRed • 4h ago

Eastern State (PA) Penitentiary's radical approach to prison reform left a global legacy | The prison's approach combined solitary reflection with labor in an effort to inspire contrition rather than simply impose punishment.

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r/prisons • u/Eastern-Climate2405 • 3h ago

These States Are Debating Castration for Sex Crimes. Experts Call It Cruel and Pointless.

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r/prisons • u/Own_Math_905 • 4h ago

Prison is a financial racket

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r/prisons • u/threalmsprompt • 9h ago

Amazing guest speaker this week at the social justice center

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 16h ago

Texas - Tarrant County Jail faces scrutiny after 7th inmate death; sheriff says he's a victim of transparency

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 17h ago

Seattle - People leaving King County jail need ‘a lifeline.’ Now Medicaid will pay for one

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 16h ago

Kansas City's $22 million temporary jail is late, over budget and still has no opening date

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 16h ago

Wisconsin - Door County Jail declares staffing emergency as staff shortages drive overtime and low morale

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 16h ago

St. Louis lawyers won't defend the jail staff accused of neglecting a dying detainee

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 17h ago

Oregon - Multnomah County wants to disrupt pipeline from hospitals, jails to unsheltered homelessness. Under an agreement with the state of Oregon, people with severe mental illness in Multnomah County will be granted a next step after discharge from institutions

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 17h ago

Iowa - A Venezuelan citizen held by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement in the Muscatine County Jail for almost six months is taking the federal government to court over the matter

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r/prisons • u/True_Discount_2032 • 14h ago

death penalty is a free escape and life in prison is way worse.

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what if after death you just rebirth? wouldnt the death penalty just be a free escape with supporters blinded by religon which cant be proven?

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 1d ago

I Served My Time, but a Recent Rule Automatically Bans Me From the U.K. A U.S. passport used to be enough to visit the U.K. Now you need an authorization that bars most formerly incarcerated Americans, regardless of their growth

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r/prisons • u/shado_mag • 1d ago

Not a lack of cells, but too many incarcerations. How the Irish government are spending half a billion euro on an issue of their own making

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 2d ago

Toddler, mom living at Indiana Women’s Prison prepare for life on the outside

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 2d ago

A former Michigan Department of Corrections officer will spend the next year in prison after he was accused of having videos of children being sexually abused.

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 2d ago

The Connecticut Department of Correction has agreed to end its longtime practice of in-cell restraints under a settlement announced Thursday, following years of criticism over the treatment of incarcerated people with mental illness

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 2d ago

Project NOW hosts Rise Up Reentry Summit at Western Illinois University in Moline to support people leaving prison

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 2d ago

The global impact of the Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 2d ago

Medical experts shocked by Tennessee team’s ‘malpractice’ in Christa Pike’s failed execution. New details of IV team’s attempts to find a vein shared by Pike’s lawyer ‘shocked and disturbed’ practitioners

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r/prisons • u/Whey-Men • 2d ago

Amputations and cancer treatment delays: Lawmakers hear testimony on Mississippi prison healthcare

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