A $9bn food services company is using prisoners to make meals for other prisoners that can cost up to $30 – but it’s not paying them. Food service provider Aramark runs a prison program called In2Work that hasn’t been paying prisoners for the work they’ve been doing for the company. The work includes making premium […]
Father’s Day can be a mixed bag, even for those of us with the best of fathers. Maybe your dad was a pillar of the community but didn’t support your dreams. Maybe your dad provided above and beyond for your family’s needs but missed all your dance recitals for work. Maybe your dad was loving […]
If you ask Brandon Fellows where he learned the most in his life, he’ll point to his time spent on the streets or when he was incarcerated. After he was released, he enrolled at Sacramento City College when he was 35. There, he found and helped build a community of acceptance — the Re-Emerging Scholars […]
The California Department of Corrections Rehabilitation is investigating after an incarcerated man was allegedly murdered at Kern Valley State Prison. Officials say 30-year-old Raul E. Mendoza, of Los Angeles County, was violently attacked in jail on May 13 — his fellow inmates, Andrew L. Espinoza, 29, and Frank Vasquez, 44, allegedly used two manufactured weapons […]
EVANSVILLE – A contract worker at the Vanderburgh County jail has been arrested after investigators say she had a sexual relationship with an incarcerated man and helped him sell tobacco products inside the detention center. Catherine Sowders, 41, of Henderson, Kentucky, is preliminarily charged with sexual misconduct by a service provider, a Level 5 felony, […]
A group of incarcerated people in New York will be allowed to watch Monday’s total eclipse of the sun after suing the state’s correctional department for its decision to lock down the prison during the celestial event. Six people at the Woodbourne correctional facility in southern New York state will be allowed to view the […]
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A job fair is giving previously incarcerated individuals an opportunity to talk one-on-one with local employers. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said the biggest barrier after release is getting employment. “I would visit some of Virginia’s prisons, and I would ask to meet with the inmates and get their perspective about […]
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an incarcerated person Thursday night at the jail inside the Public Safety Center on South Salisbury Street. Detention officers found the inmate unresponsive in their cell just after 8 p.m. Thursday. Detention officers and medical staff rendered aid and called for Emergency Medical Services, the […]
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local veteran organization is expanding its service dog training program within county jails and state prisons. Inmates learn how to train the dogs before the animals report for duty with their veteran owner. “To me, I say win, win, win,” Sheriff Michael Filicetti said. “It’s a win for our incarcerated […]
A sun-drenched commercial test kitchen bursts with energy as a group of young people call out orders to each other, warning of hot pots and pans swinging around the room. The newly renovated metal-clad kitchen smells of cumin and raw onions, as a tray of sizzling chicken and charred green peppers makes its way into […]
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge today denied bail pending appeal to convicted rapist Danny Masterson with worries the That 70s Show actor could make a run for it. “If defendant’s conviction and sentence are upheld on appeal, he will likely remain in custody for decades and perhaps the rest of his life,” wrote Judge […]
A report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics in November revealed that for the first time in almost a decade, U.S. prison populations have increased — namely among women. Advocates for prison reform are calling the uptick a “war on women” that’s getting worse for certain groups over time. “Women were not historically considered as culpable […]