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

KY: Disgusting & inedible food from Aramark was cause of riot at Northpoint
Food caused Northpoint riot, guard says By Valarie Honeycutt Spears November 7, 2009 FRANKFORT — A corrections officer at Northpoint Training Center told lawmakers Friday that an August riot at the prison near Danville was…
NY: Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment launches our original Survival Guide
Allied Sister and Brothers!! I really hope you can come out and support! And, remember - if you can't attend the event, you can still help us reach our goal of raising $5,000 to distribute…
Grants NM: Chamber of Commerce and Prison work to keep CCA prison for women open
Community works to keep women’s prison open By Donald Jaramillo Beacon publisher/managing editor November 5, 2009 GRANTS - An emergency community relations meeting organized by the New Mexico Women's Correction Facility and supported by the…
What the census will get wrong--gerrymandering prisoners
What the census will get wrong By MARY SANCHEZ McClatchy Newspapers Published: Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 - 7:56 am The 2010 U.S. Census will soon be upon us, and by now you may have heard…
MI: Former Youth Prison Owned by GEO Bids for BOP for immigrants
Hearing on Lake County prison set Contract with U.S. could bring 327 jobs to Baldwin Kevin Braciszeski - Daily News Staff Writer Friday, November 6, 2009 BALDWIN — The closed — and recently expanded —…
Focus on “Criminal Aliens” Increases Demand for Private Immigrant Detention Business – According to New Profit Reports
Focus on “Criminal Aliens” Increases Demand for Private Immigrant Detention Business – According to New Profit Reports 5 November 2009 From the Business of Detention http://www.businessofdetention.com/ In earnings reports released this week the nation’s two…
Western MA: women arrested in 8 massage parlors by ICE and police
3 women arrested on prostitution charges as police raid 8 massage parlors in Hampden, Hampshire counties By Patrick Johnson November 04, 2009, 8:10PM Springfield Republican SPRINGFIELD – State and local police and federal officials Wednesday…
Corrections Corporation of America Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financials
Corrections Corporation of America Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results Marketwire Third Quarter EPS of $0.39, or $0.33 Excluding Special Items November 04, 2009: 04:05 PM ET Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE: CXW) (the "Company"…
CA to send 1,300 prisoners to CCA Prison in OK
California sending inmates to Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov 04, 2009 (Tulsa World - McClatchy-Tribune California officials plan to send more than 1,300 inmates to a private prison in Sayre. Corrections Corporation of America, which runs…
" Missouri Department of Corrections calls prison population boom no problem" and scroll down for a link to the blog National Public Service Council to Abolish Private Prisons
Missouri Department of Corrections calls prison population boom no problem Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CST BY Cheston McGuire JEFFERSON CITY — An all-time high number of inmates in Missouri prisons has officials…