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Another Call for Prison Reform in the United States
Here is an excellent editorial from The Seattle Times on 8/15/2010 calling for prison reform:
America behind bars: The time is ripe for prison reform
Neal Peirce / Syndicated columnist
For hard-to-defend reasons, and at staggering fiscal cost, the United States incarcerates people at a rate five times Great Britain’s, nine times Germany’s, 12 times Japan’s, writes columnist [...]
Prison Reform: In The News
Here are links to a couple of timely articles discussing the issue of much-needed prison reform in America
http://www.economist.com/node/16636027
Rough justice in America
Too many laws, too many prisoners
Never in the civilised world have so many been locked up for so little
Jul 22nd 2010 | Spring, Texas
http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/will-president-barack-obama-take-on-prison-reform/19577278
Will Obama Take On Prison Reform?
Larry King Discusses Prison Reform
Below is the prelinimary transcript from Larry King’s show (7/23/2010) discussing prison reform:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1007/23/lkl.01.html
CNN LARRY KING LIVE / Saving Lives on the Inside / Aired July 23, 2010 – 21:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, can killers be reformed? [...]
F is Still For Failure
Read F is Still For Failure by Michael Santos on Change.org:
http://criminaljustice.change.org/blog/view/f_is_still_for_failure
Catastrophe in the Gulf: Utilize Prisoners as Manpower
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
Early this morning I heard an NPR broadcast report that Attorney General Eric Holder had traveled to New Orleans to investigate the massive oil spill caused by British Petroleum. Mr. Holder announced that the Justice Department had opened a criminal investigation into the disaster, and that if the investigation concluded that people [...]
The Freedom to Write
Two recent articles (links below) describe the BOPs revision of the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) policy statement governing prisoners’ rights to write for the public with a byline!
Read the revised CFR details here:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-9373.pdf
http://www.allgov.com/Controversies/ViewNews/Prisoners_Win_Right_to_Work_as_Reporters_100427
Prisoners Win Right to Work as Reporters
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Inmates in federal penitentiaries will now be able to publish articles with bylines in [...]
New article on Prison Reform
New article by Michael on the Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-santos/call-for-prison-reform_b_543332.html
Prison Lobbyists vs Prison Reform
Read Michael’s recent posts on Change.org:
Most Popular Posts by Michael Santos
What Happened to Prison Reform?
Do Longer Prison Sentences Make the Public Safer?
The View from Inside: Prison Time Doesn’t Equal Justice
Take Action on Long-Term Imprisonment
Bring Back Federal Parole
And here’s a related article addressing the issue of prison lobbyists vs. prison reform:
First Solve Prison Crisis, then [...]
Michael Hamden is Mad As Hell About the Failed U.S. Prison System
The following article is featured on Change.org
http://criminaljustice.change.org/blog/view/mad_as_hell_about_the_failed_us_prison_system
Mad As Hell About the Failed U.S. Prison System
by Michael Hamden
category: Prison Reform
Published March 10, 2010 @ 05:34AM PT
Yeah, I’m angry. I’m all riled up because our misguided criminal justice policies destroy individuals, families and entire communities. I’m steamed because at a time of financial crisis worse [...]
Prison Administrators Should Not Discourage Successful Adjustments
Many years have passed since I read A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. When I read the story, I was locked inside the impenetrable walls of the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta. I was in my early 20s then, and staring down the long end of a 45-year prison sentence. A character from [...]
President Obama… Answer This
This is fantastic!
Check out: http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F34p0YiSp8g&feature=player_embedded
What it’s about:
1. Alienation of people: We are creating refugees amongst our own people. Inmates come back not feeling like they are part of their own community; not knowing “we the people” means them too.
2. Break up of families: unreasonable prison policies and a culture of oppression is further tarring up [...]
Prison Reform
Earlier this year, Senator Jim Webb introduced a bill in the senate to establish a committee that would study the need for reform of the entire criminal justice system. His announcement came with a considerable amount of media attention. Parade magazine featured a front-page spread, and numerous other national publications publicized the proposed legislation. Over [...]
Community Leaders in Taft Camp
Carole and I are grateful for opportunities to contribute to the lives of others. A few weeks ago, David and Tuvia, two men who recently joined our community at Taft Camp, kindly introduced us to their wives, Judy and Gila. Our limited time with family in the visiting room is precious, so we can’t afford [...]
Reality TV Can Advance Prison Reform
The schedule that I keep as a prisoner does not leave room for television, but that doesn’t mean I don’t read about television programming. Recently I’ve read several articles that describe America’s fascination with reality TV. One show receiving a lot of coverage is Jon and Kate Plus Eight, with reports showing that as many [...]
Eliminate Prison Camps to Cut Domestic Spending
President Obama ought to call for the elimination of prison camps to cut unnecessary domestic spending. This type of expenditure should not continue, as prison camps do not contribute to making society safer. Indeed, prison administrators have classified all prisoners in prison camps as minimum-security offenders and require those men to serve time on their [...]
