The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

News, commentary and analysis on prisons: government proposals with the aim of stemming overcrowding and recidivism; inmate living conditions and changing demographics; sentencing issues.

Author: The Real Cost of Prisons Project creates popular education workshops and materials which explore both the immediate and long-term costs of incarceration on the individual, her/his family, community and the nation. It is an activity of The Sentencing Project, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit dedicated to reducing overreliance on incarceration.

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Recent Posts from The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

An Open Letter to Gov. Sarah Palin on Women's Rights
An Open Letter to Gov. Sarah Palin on Women's Rights By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women Posted on September 4, 2008, Printed on September 4, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/97457/ Dear Governor Sarah Palin: Many Americans…
Slavery Haunts America’s Plantation Prisons--Angola Prison
Slavery Haunts America’s Plantation Prisons Wednesday, 03 September 2008 Black Agenda Report by Maya Schenwar Angola Prison Angola Prison isn't "even really a metaphor for slavery. Slavery is what's going on." The plantation prisons of…
Editorial: UK: Let the penal reformers build jails
Let the penal reformers build jails 02/09/2008 Telegraph (UK) In truth, the prison reform group Nacro has never been much in favour of building new jails. Over the years, the organisation has sought to rebrand…
UK: Prison reform charity Nacro joins bid to run jails
Prison reform charity Nacro joins bid to run jails Group drops scepticism over privatisation to tender alongside security firm * Rachel Stevenson and agencies * guardian.co.uk, * Tuesday September 02 2008 12:16 BST A charity…
Incarceration As Forced Migration: Effects on Selected Community Health Outcomes
Incarceration As Forced Migration: Effects on Selected Community Health Outcomes Posted on: Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 03:00 CDT By Thomas, James C Torrone, Objectives. We estimated the effects of high incarceration rates on rates of…
NV: Judge: No typewriters for prisoners
Judge: No typewriters for prisoners By BRENDAN RILEY Associated Press Writer 08/28/2008 CARSON CITY, Nev.—A ban on personal typewriters for Nevada prison inmates, who have used them for decades to prepare appeals of their sentences,…
Calif. prisons prepare for gay weddings
Calif. prisons prepare for gay weddings By LISA LEFF Associated Press Writer Article Launched: 08/28/2008 03:22:55 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO—Now that same-sex couples can get married in California, state prison officials are trying to figure…
Tennessee: Pregnant Inmates at Jail Will No Longer Be Restrained
August 29, 2008 National Briefing | South Tennessee: Pregnant Inmates at Jail Will No Longer Be Restrained By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pregnant inmates at Nashville’s jail will no longer be restrained, according to a policy…
Two Million on the Wrong Side of the Digital Divide Accessibility, Digital Divide, Prison Libraries, Interface
Two Million on the Wrong Side of the Digital Divide Accessibility, Digital Divide, Prison Libraries, Interface Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two Million on the Wrong Side of the Digital Divide Brenda Vogel…
PA: Felon voting signs removed from Obama office
08/22/2008 Felon voting signs removed from Obama office By Michael Hays Pottstown, PA POTTSTOWN — A simple sign in the window of the local Barack Obama campaign headquarters has reignited a conversation about convicted felons'…