Jailing Expansion Correlates with Rising Mortality Rates, Study Finds
Decarceration is the most effective way to reduce the health burdens associated with incarceration, as it can decrease mortality rates by 39% and overdose deaths by 208%.
Decarceration is the most effective way to reduce the health burdens associated with incarceration, as it can decrease mortality rates by 39% and overdose deaths by 208%.
FWD.us released a report finding that mass incarceration in the US is driving families into poverty and limiting economic mobility, with families spending an average of $4,195 annually on communication and caregiving expenses.
The majority of people who commit crimes will stop doing so as they age, and the U.S. imposes life sentences on a staggering scale, making it difficult to justify the costs of keeping people locked up for decades.
Author Andrew Brininstool’s forthcoming book High Desert Blood tells the story of the 1980 New Mexico prison riot, which left 33 people dead and exposed systemic neglect in the correctional system, with the aim of ensuring this dark chapter is not forgotten and not repeated.
Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman is filing felony charges under Proposition 36, which will lead to a flood of low-level cases in the courts, jails, and prisons, disproportionately affecting Black, Brown, and unhoused residents, while Governor Gavin Newsom has refused to fund the enforcement of the measure.
The BJS report provides some insight into maternal healthcare in US prisons, but it raises more questions than it answers, and PPI is calling for more detailed, consistent, and transparent data collection to improve maternal care and ensure the health and dignity of incarcerated pregnant people.
Smart Justice California opposes Assembly Bill 379, which they believe would exacerbate existing inequalities in the criminal legal system by creating a new crime for loitering with the intent to purchase sex and increasing penalties for solicitation involving individuals who are 16 or 17 years old.
Bianca Tylek’s new book The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits reveals how corporations, investors, and government actors profit from human incarceration, and provides a blueprint for resistance through divestment campaigns, legislative advocacy, and public pressure.
Mass incarceration is a complex issue that cannot be solved by simply tweaking the system, but rather by addressing the root causes of violence and poverty and reducing the number of people incarcerated.
Civil liberties in America are under threat due to the rise of surveillance creep, mass deportations, and mass incarceration, which may have been facilitated by Proposition 36, and individuals can push back by advocating for facial recognition bans and protecting their privacy.
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