Prison Parenting Program Helps Connect Families

KULR8 By Amy Leet Every year in the United States, 2.2 million men and women are incarcerated. Many of them are mothers and fathers. According to the Voices of Incarceration Project, this leaves behind more than 2.2 million children. Imagine being confined to one...

Rhoda Bruington – CSI Administrative Support- passed away

11/25/2017 Rhoda Bruington, a remarkable woman, died Saturday morning, November 25, 2017. Born in Philadelphia PA on April 14, 1945, she left PA in 1960 and resided in Florida, where she held a variety of unskilled and skilled jobs, finished high school, and enrolled...

Mass. Senate Panel Gets a Look at Justice Reform Bill

The Telegram By Andy Metzger BOSTON – Senate members of the Judiciary Committee on Friday advanced a 114-page criminal justice bill that would phase out the indigent counsel fee, require regular reviews to determine whether a prisoner should stay in solitary...

We Need a Long-Term Plan for Reducing Reincarcerations

The Hill By Sam Schaeffer From the 1970s until just a few years ago, “tough on crime” policies such as militarized policing, severe sentencing laws and eliminating services like prison education defined our approach to criminal justice. Officials in both parties...