Media Center
Fiscal
Pressures Lead Some States to Free Inmates Early; from Washington Post (DC), 5/5/08
OpEd:
Looking At Negatives Of A N. County Jail; from Santa Maria Times (CA), 3/31/08
Editorial:
Addicted To Jail; from Spokesman-Review
(WA), 3/2/08
Life
on the Block; from The Inlander
(WA), 2/27/08
Walk
To Stop ICE Detention Facility;
from Colorado Criminal Justice
Reform Coalition (CO), 2/27/08
Group
Says Prisoners Skew Political Clout;
from Associated Press (US), 2/21/08
Misunderstanding
Leaves Hardin Prison Standing Empty;
from Helena Independent Record (MT), 2/13/08
Editorial:
Let's Work At Not Building Prisons;
from Des Moines Register (IA), 2/10/08
"We
Cannot Build Prisons Fast Enough";
from Washblog
(WA), 1/30/08
Prison
Drinking Water and Wastewater Pollution Threaten Environmental
Safety Nationwide; from Prison
Legal News (US), 1/17/08
Education
Versus Incarceration; from
WireTap
Magazine (US), 11/16/07
Jail
Estimate Surprises County;
from Spokesman-Review (WA), 9/26/07
US:
Stars and Bars; from The
Nation (US), August 2007
[FL]
Budget May Cut Prisoners' Hard Time;
from The Ledger (FL), 8/24/07
LTE:
Watson Should Sort Own Garbage;
from Spokesman-Review (WA), 8/10/07
Mayor
Larkin Surprised By Jail Plan;
from Spokesman-Review (WA), 8/10/07
Jail
Recycle Center Proposed; from
Spokesman-Review (WA), 8/9/07
Column:
No More Prisons! from Pasadena
Weekly (CA), 5/30/07
Senate
OKs Bill To Reduce Prison Need;
from Dallas Morning News (TX), 5/28/07
Outside
View: Action On Offenders;
from Spokesman-Review (WA), 5/23/07
Shortage
Of Corrections Officers Ends Jail-Space Deal; from Seattle Times (WA), 5/22/07
Release:
Books Not Bars Moves Closer To Closing CA Youth Prisons; from The Ella Baker Center (CA), 5/1/07
The
Census' Prisoner Miscount Distorts Democracy; from Prison Policy Initiative (US), 4/10/07
Among
Architects, a Prison Design Boycott Gains Steam; from Drug War Chronicle (US), 4/6/07
Eastern
WA State: An Overview of Prison Expansion News, posted 2/15/07
Study
Predicts Rise In Inmate Populations;
from Pew Charitable Trusts (US), 2/14/07
Aiming
For Course Corrections On Prison Priorities; from Denver Post (CO), 2/14/07
OpEd:
Think Outside The Cell; from
Houston Chronicle (TX), 2/11/07
Community
Builds Momentum Against Prison Expansion in San Diego; from Drug Policy Alliance (US), 2/6/07
Open
Mind On Inmate Release; from
Mlive.com (MI), 2/6/07
Resources:
Instead Of Prisons: A Handbook
For Abolitionists; from Prison Policy
Initiative. Many prison reformists yearn for the end
of imprisonment but find themselves confronted by questions which
seem difficult to answer. This online Handbook (also avalable
in hard copy) seeks to answer those questions. We perceive the
abolition of prisons as a long range goal, which, like justice,
is an ever continuing struggle.
Incarceration:
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