HTJ Articles The Powerlessness of Parenting From PrisonFebruary 8, 2023 Virginia Could End Solitary Confinement Thanks to Unlikely Duo of LawmakersFebruary 8, 2023 Emotional Hearing Shows Difficulty of Reforming Nebraska’s Justice System and PrisonsFebruary 8, 2023 Explainer: Filing Your Taxes From Behind Bars In A PrisonPaying your taxes and filing a tax return isn’t easy, especially if you’re in jail or in prison. Here’s a little information to help. February 7, 2023 Crack Cocaine Defendant’s Life Sentence Must Be ReconsideredFebruary 7, 2023 US Federal Prison Agency Loses Appeal to Withhold Names of Lethal Injection Drug SuppliersFebruary 7, 2023 DOJ Report Outlines Steps to Limit Solitary Confinement in Prisons, as its use Only Increases Under BidenFebruary 7, 2023 Grassley, Durbin, Padilla Meet With BOP Director Peters To Further Investigate Sexual MisconductFebruary 7, 2023 New Data Show Prison Staff Are Rarely Held Accountable for Sexual MisconductFebruary 6, 2023 Families Spend ‘Exorbitant Rates’ to Call their Incarcerated Loved Ones. A new Law Aims to Change thatFebruary 6, 2023 More than a Quarter of Louisiana Prisoners have Been Held Past their Release Dates Since 2012, DOJ SaysFebruary 6, 2023 Inmates Face Violence and Weeks of Lockdown at Wallens RidgeFebruary 6, 2023Massachusetts prison guard $100K-plus OT earners jumps 66%" class="vc_gitem-link vc-zone-link"> Massachusetts prison guard $100K-plus OT earners jumps 66%February 3, 2023Massachusetts prison guard $100K-plus OT earners jumps 66%" class="vc_gitem-link vc-zone-link"> Tyre Nichols Was Killed By Black Police Officers Because the Whole System Is RacistFebruary 3, 2023 US police receive less training than plumbersFebruary 3, 2023 Hae Min Lee’s family demands appellate court reinstate Adnan Syed’s murder convictionFebruary 3, 2023 Explainer: The Massachusetts “Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Program”A new bill in Massachusetts is making headlines because it would allow prisoners to trade bone marrow or an organ for an early release. February 3, 2023 Want an Early Release in Massachusetts? One Organ Please.February 2, 2023 The U.S. Probation System Has Become a QuagmireFebruary 2, 2023 Ask Your Lawmaker to Visit a Prison!February 2, 2023 Just a Bus Ticket and an Ankle Monitor: Alabama Leaves Freed Prison Inmates with no Money, no PlanFebruary 2, 2023 Joe Biden Hasn’t Kept His Promise to Reduce the Prison PopulationFebruary 1, 2023 Botched Prosecution Lets Notorious Ex-Detective Walk FreeFebruary 1, 2023 Biden Pulls the Plug on Cares ActFebruary 1, 2023 Leonard Taylor is Set to be Executed by Missouri in 9 days. Will an Innocent Man Die?February 1, 2023 Explainer: Atlanta’s Cop CityAtlanta’s “Cop City” is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. But it’s not going away any time soon. January 31, 2023 Equal Act Rises, Phoenix-Like, in New CongressJanuary 31, 2023 Luthmann: At Brooklyn MDC, I Was a ‘Jailhouse Lawyer’ For Gangsters Paid in FishJanuary 31, 2023 California Lawmaker Pushes to Reopen News Media Access to Prisons, JailsJanuary 31, 2023 Prison Fellowship Board of Directors Names Heather Rice-Minus as Incoming President and CEO Beginning July 2024January 31, 2023 Leaning into Mass Incarceration in ArkansasJanuary 30, 2023 Prisons are Petri Dishes During COVID; Compassionate Release Saves ManyJanuary 30, 2023 Trump’s Killing Spree: The Inside Story of His Race to Execute Every Prisoner He CouldJanuary 30, 2023 DeSantis Rolls out Sweeping Criminal Justice PackageJanuary 30, 2023 How Many FSA Time Credits Can You Earn?Unfortunately, there still isn’t a clear answer as to how many FSA Time Credits you can earn. But it should be at least 12 months’ worth. January 27, 2023 In Oregon’s Prisons, Terminally Ill People Are Left with Little RecourseJanuary 27, 2023 BOP Delegates Cares Act Home Confinement Decision to Prosecutor?January 27, 2023 Prison Phone Fees Win Was 20 Years In The MakingJanuary 27, 2023 CMS Approves Waiver to Enable California to Offer Medicaid Coverage to Incarcerated IndividualsJanuary 27, 2023 Are Sentencing Guidelines Mandatory?Sentencing guidelines are not mandatory. They are advisory. But your sentence might still include a mandatory minimum. January 26, 2023 Prison Hospital Data Is Omitted From Federal Data SetsJanuary 26, 2023 Former Prison Guard Arrested for Sexual Abuse of InmatesJanuary 26, 2023 Reformers applaud Hobbs’ plans for an oversight commission for troubled Arizona prisonsJanuary 26, 2023 A Self-Facilitated Prison Dorm Paves The Way To Prison ReformJanuary 26, 2023 Are CARES Act’s Days Numbered – Update for January 24, 2023January 25, 2023 NYC Jails Want To Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scanning Of Digital VersionsJanuary 25, 2023 Federal Prosecutors Have Increased Role In CARES Act Home Confinement TransfersJanuary 25, 2023 ‘Egregious & reckless:’ Bedford DA’s office faces more scrutiny following latest mistrialJanuary 25, 2023 Cartwright announces $180M for Federal Bureau of Prison hiring effortsJanuary 24, 2023 Prisoners were poisoned for days by carbon monoxide at federal prison in West Virginia, Baltimore law firm saysJanuary 24, 2023 Federal Inmates Suffering From Unconstitutional Medical Neglect Could Get Relief Under Rule ChangeJanuary 24, 2023 Working Out The Bugs On The Bureau Of Prisons’ First Step Act CalculatorJanuary 24, 2023 Explainer: Your Public Defender Isn’t Responding. Why?If your public defender isn’t responding to you, you need to be patient. But you also need to assert your rights. January 23, 2023 Path to Power: Hakeem Jeffries’ push to reform the criminal justice systemJanuary 23, 2023 Partnership Launched to Eliminate Incarcerating ‘Girls,’ Gender-Expansive YouthJanuary 23, 2023 Federal Prisoners Concerned Over End Of CARES Act National Emergency DeclarationJanuary 23, 2023 Looking Back: The Foul Politics of Prosecution, After Sixteen Years Jabbar Collins Is Finally FreedJanuary 23, 2023 How an Illicit Cell Phone Helped Me Take College Courses from PrisonJanuary 20, 2023 Why the ‘Bold’ Prosecution of Alec Baldwin Could End in DisasterJanuary 20, 2023 Mystery toxic substance sickens Illinois prison staff and inmatesJanuary 20, 2023 Five takeaways from Supreme Court leak investigationJanuary 20, 2023 If A Jury Finds You Not Guilty, Can The Prosecution Charge You Again?After a jury finds you not guilty, the prosecution usually cannot charge you for the same crime arising out of the same circumstances. January 20, 2023 A Chicago Attorney Is Getting Justice For Hundreds Of Wrongfully Convicted People All At OnceJanuary 19, 2023 US Sentencing Commission Release Proposed Federal Prison Guidelines, Including Compassionate ReleaseJanuary 19, 2023 Federal workers seek protections from sexual misconduct at prisonJanuary 19, 2023 Shaneva McReynolds: Legislators can’t make effective laws for incarcerated people without seeing prisonsJanuary 19, 2023 Rapper Meek Mill is Pardoned by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom WolfJanuary 18, 2023 He Spent 181 Days at Rikers Over NYC Condo Addition — and May Go Back If It Isn’t Torn DownJanuary 18, 2023 Archibald: Alabama gives 6 minutes to Consider Life, Death and FreedomJanuary 18, 2023 Advocates, Lawmakers to Honor Formerly Incarcerated in Push for Parole ReformsJanuary 18, 2023 Prison in Mendota Under Investigation by EPA, Officials Confirm. What Prompted the Probe?January 17, 2023 North Dakota Judge, Others Call for Stronger Efforts to Prevent Drug OverdoseJanuary 17, 2023 Tucson Federal Prison Camp Prisoners On Lock Down Months After Attempted ShootingJanuary 17, 2023 Grim Weekend on Rikers Island Sees Stabbings, Drug OverdoseJanuary 17, 2023 ‘Where’s The Hammer?’ Hawaii Prosecutors Dodged Public Discipline For 40 Years Despite MisconductJanuary 13, 2023 “There is a Reason this is Called Compassionate Release”January 13, 2023 Four Years After First Step Passes, USSC to Roll out Draft Compassionate Release PolicyJanuary 13, 2023 Texas Prisoners Launching Hunger Strike to Protest State’s Harsh Solitary Confinement PracticesJanuary 13, 2023 Can You Be Partially Eligible For FSA Time Credits?Under federal law, you cannot be partially eligible for FSA Time Credits. If you’re ineligible for one sentence, you’re ineligible for all. January 12, 2023 Texas Prisoners Launching Hunger Strike to Protest State’s Harsh Solitary Confinement PracticesJanuary 12, 2023 Criminal Justice Reform Halfway Through the Biden AdministrationJanuary 12, 2023 Former PA Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Excessive ForceJanuary 12, 2023 Oklahoma Prison Officials: Pastor Can’t be in Death ChamberJanuary 12, 2023 Thousands Of Federal Prisoners Released Under First Step Act But Problems RemainJanuary 11, 2023 Washington Lawmaker Introduces Proposal to Pay Prisoners Minimum WageJanuary 11, 2023 Feds Outline New Plan for Inmates to Pay Victim RestitutionJanuary 11, 2023 Texas Executes Robert Fratta after High Courts Reject Challenges to Expired Lethal Injection DrugsJanuary 11, 2023 Prosecuted Lawyers: Lessons Learned from Those Who Served TimeJanuary 10, 2023 Federal Inmates Would Pay More to Victims Under New Justice Dept. RuleJanuary 10, 2023 MDOC Shuttles Women Inmates From Metro Facility to Delta PrisonJanuary 10, 2023 BOP Ordered to Pay Correctional Counselor $50,000 in Discrimination CaseJanuary 10, 2023 California’s Longest Serving Death-Row Prisoner On Pain, Survival and Native IdentityJanuary 9, 2023 Biden Just Made it Easier for Prisoners to Call their Family and FriendsJanuary 9, 2023 Guest Commentary: What’s Ahead in the Fight for Justice and True Public SafetyJanuary 9, 2023 Washington Bill Seeks to Regulate Solitary ConfinementJanuary 9, 2023 2023: What’s Ahead in the Fight for Justice and True Public SafetyJanuary 6, 2023 Governor Appoints New Correction Commissioner in Wake of Lethal Injection DebacleJanuary 6, 2023 Biden Signs Bill Aiming to Ease Costs for Prison CallsJanuary 6, 2023 They Begged his Pardon: Biden Finally Grants Short List at Year’s EndJanuary 6, 2023 Reliable Data and Research on Crime is Needed Now More Than EverJanuary 6, 2023 The Myth Behind Long Prison SentencesJanuary 6, 2023 Low Staffing at Prisons in Colorado Leads to Unsustainable Working ConditionsJanuary 5, 2023 Deputy director of Arizona’s Department of Corrections is Sanders’ Pick as Secretary of Arkansas’ Department of CorrectionsJanuary 5, 2023 Can You Earn FSA Time Credits On Home Confinement?A recent federal court decision holds that the BOP is not required to, but can, apply FSA Time Credits to those for work on home confinement. January 4, 2023 Ernst Urges Bureau of Prisons to Address Sexual Misconduct by Inmates at U.S.P. ThomsonJanuary 4, 2023 A Federal Public Defender Challenges U.S. Sentencing Commission To Help Fix The Bureau Of PrisonsJanuary 4, 2023 Legislation Orders Bureau of Prisons to Upgrade its Security HardwareJanuary 4, 2023 BOP’s Got Nowhere to go but upJanuary 4, 2023 Arizona Inducing the Labor of Pregnant Prisoners Against their WillJanuary 3, 2023 Atlanta Just Made Former Prisoners A Protected Class. Meet The Women Who Made It Happen.January 3, 2023 Let 2023 Be the Year of Dismantling IncarcerationJanuary 3, 2023 Home Confinement Could Be New Alternative to Prison IncarcerationJanuary 3, 2023 Ex-Central California Prison Officer Accused of Sexual Misconduct Against 22 InmatesJanuary 2, 2023 Supermax Prison Staffing Shortages Force Maintenance Workers, Secretaries to Watch Nation’s Most Dangerous InmatesJanuary 2, 2023 Inside the federal West Virginia prison where gangster Whitey Bulger was beaten to deathJanuary 2, 2023 Wrongful Convictions Throw Harsh Light on Prosecutors’ ConductJanuary 2, 2023 NC Prison Afflicted by Mold, Flooding and Electrical Hazards, but Repairs are Far OffJanuary 2, 2023 Free Phone Calls for California PrisonersDecember 29, 2022 Sen. Ossoff’s Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Security at Federal Prisons Becomes LawDecember 29, 2022 A Federal Public Defender Challenges U.S. Sentencing Commission To Help Fix The Bureau Of PrisonsDecember 29, 2022 6TH Circuit Says Nothing is ‘Extraordinary’ About Changes in the the LawDecember 29, 2022 Explainer: Criminal Justice Reform Going Into 2023Heading into 2023, there are reasons to be optimistic and pessimistic about criminal justice reform after what happened in 2022. December 28, 2022 Guest Commentary: For Decades, Los Angeles Jailed People with Mental Health Needs. Now, It’s Finally Prioritizing TreatmentDecember 28, 2022 Blue Christmas For Criminal Justice ReformDecember 28, 2022 DOJ Stance on Handling Inmate Sexual AbuseDecember 28, 2022 Bill Forcing Feds to Fix Prison Cameras is Signed into LawDecember 28, 2022 The Drone Is Quickly Becoming A Federal Prison Contraband NightmareDecember 28, 2022 Christmas Behind Bars in America’s Worst Prisons – Trading Chocolate and Fights Over TVDecember 27, 2022 ‘Utterly Powerless:’ Formerly Incarcerated Women Testify About Sexual Abuse by BOP StaffDecember 27, 2022 The Case for Compassionate Release as a Second LookDecember 27, 2022 California Medical University Apologizes For Experimenting On PrisonersDecember 26, 2022 How a Texas Con Artist Scammed Millions from Prisoners’ FamiliesDecember 26, 2022 California Prison Guard Denied Immunity in Suit Over Inmate Murder by ‘Psychopath’ CellmateDecember 26, 2022 Former California prison boss climbed ranks despite accusations he beat inmatesDecember 26, 2022 Pregnant women held for months in one Alabama jail to protect fetuses from drugsDecember 26, 2022 California Medical School That Injected Pesticides Into Inmates: Our BadDecember 26, 2022 Meek Mill paid the bail to bring 20 Philly women home for the holidaysDecember 26, 2022 Tzedek Association Worked The Halls Of Congress To Push First Step Act Into LawDecember 23, 2022 Bureau of Prisons Correctional Officer Guilty of Beating Inmate in 2019December 23, 2022 FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be Released on $250 Million Bail, will Live with his ParentsDecember 23, 2022 Release secret Rikers Island Violence data, NYC Members of Congress Demand of Federal MonitorDecember 23, 2022 Kathy Hochul’s Nominee for New York’s Top Judge Is an Absolute Disaster for DemocratsDecember 23, 2022 Gov. Lee Grants Clemency to 16 People, Including two Davidson County Women Convicted of MurderDecember 23, 2022 Biden’s Cowardice on ClemencyDecember 22, 2022 Lawsuit Asserts If Rikers Can’t Provide Medical Care, It Should Cap PopulationDecember 22, 2022 Lawmakers No Longer Able to Make Unannounced Prison Visits, Per New Department PolicyDecember 22, 2022 Correctional Officer with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons Convicted by Jury of Violating Inmate’s Civil RightsDecember 22, 2022 Man Having Heart Attack at Dollar General Arrested and Put in County Jail Later Died, Says LawsuitDecember 21, 2022 Three Strikes for Cook County ProsecutorsDecember 21, 2022 Oregon Commutations, Oklahoma Scheduling Pace Key Death Penalty ReportDecember 21, 2022 Governor Roy Cooper Commutes Sentences, Issues Pardons of Forgiveness TuesdayDecember 21, 2022 The Government Funding Bill Does a Lot To Prevent Another January 6December 21, 2022 Congress Yet Again Fails To Pass Crack Cocaine Sentencing ReformsDecember 21, 2022 Why the Issue of Crime Didn’t Deliver for Republicans in the MidtermsDecember 20, 2022 Congress Approves Bills on IT Security, Contracting, BOP, FEMADecember 20, 2022 AFGE Members Protest Promotion of High-Ranking BOP Official Who Beat Black InmatesDecember 20, 2022 Urge the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons to Expand ClemencyDecember 19, 2022 The Bureau Of Prisons’ Evolving Story On First Step Act Implementation DelaysDecember 19, 2022 U.S. Senate Set to Address Cocaine Sentencing Disparity in Funding BillDecember 19, 2022 How To Help Incarcerated Loved Ones This Holiday SeasonThis holiday season is going to be hard on your incarcerated loved ones. But there are a lot of different ways you can help. December 17, 2022 More than 200 Inmates in Louisiana Prison System Held Beyond Scheduled Release Date Each MonthDecember 16, 2022 Clemency for Cannabis Convictions NowDecember 16, 2022 Women Face Abuse in Vast Majority of US PrisonsDecember 16, 2022 Judge Rules Against Oklahoma in Attempt to Execute InmateDecember 16, 2022 The Bureau Overseeing Federal Prisons Has Failed to Protect Women Inmates from Sexual AbuseDecember 16, 2022 Congress OKs Bill Forcing Feds to Fix Broken Prison CamerasDecember 16, 2022 Yes, Incarcerated Workers Still Make License PlatesDecember 16, 2022 Male Prison Employees Assault Women in at Least Two-Thirds of U.S. PrisonsDecember 15, 2022 Federal Bureau Of Prisons Has A Prisoner Sexual Abuse Problem: Senate ReportDecember 15, 2022 Durbin, Grassley, Feinstein, Padilla Press DOJ For More Information On Sexual Misconduct At BOPDecember 15, 2022 Restoring Voting Rights: Hear Solutions From This Former State Senator and Advocate for Former FelonsDecember 15, 2022 Urge the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons to Expand ClemencyDecember 15, 2022 Judges Should Decide Compassionate Release, Not the BOPDecember 15, 2022 Congress Must Pass the EQUAL Act Before AdjourningDecember 15, 2022 Mississippi Prisons May Soon Exceed CapacityDecember 14, 2022 The Story So Far: AP’s Investigation Into Federal PrisonsDecember 14, 2022 ‘A Living Hell’: Former Federal Inmates Describe Years of Sexual Abuse by Prison OfficersDecember 14, 2022 Prisons Chief: Official Who Beat Inmates Deserves Second ChanceDecember 14, 2022 Electronic Monitoring: A New Form of Punishment for Many WomenDecember 14, 2022 Federal Jail Workers Protest Prison ManagementDecember 13, 2022 Senators Want Answers in Wake of AP’s Prison InvestigationsDecember 13, 2022 Director Peters Hosts Second Listening SessionDecember 13, 2022 Federal Prisons are Supposed to Provide Addiction medication. Prisoners are Punished for Using it.December 13, 2022 ‘It’s About all of us’: ACLU, DOJ Turn to the Public in Probe of State Police AbusesDecember 13, 2022 Senate Report Finds Widespread Sexual Abuse of Women in Federal PrisonsDecember 13, 2022 After 25 years of Wrongful Imprisonment, Two Georgia Men Set Free After Newly Uncovered Evidence Exonerates Them of Murder ChargesDecember 12, 2022 Some Prisoners Remain Behind Bars in Louisiana Despite Being Deemed FreeDecember 12, 2022 Ex-CDCR Lieutenant Gets Year in Jail for Sex Sting ConvictionDecember 12, 2022 Michigan Bill Would Restore People in Prison with Ability to Earn Time Off Sentence for Good BehaviorDecember 12, 2022 Cruel But Not Unusual: An Insider’s Look at Sixty Days in the SHU at a Federal Bureau of Prisons FacilityDecember 9, 2022 Man Pardoned by Ex-Kentucky Gov. Convicted of StrangulationDecember 9, 2022 Advocates, Lawmakers Renew Push for N.Y. Parole Reform that Would Ease the Release of Older InmatesDecember 9, 2022 Law of the Jungle: Protection and Extortion in Federal PrisonDecember 9, 2022 New Lawsuit Challenges Exclusion of Convicted Felons from New York JuriesDecember 9, 2022 Ex-prison Warden Convicted of Sexually Abusing InmatesDecember 9, 2022 Millions Could Soon Benefit from Student Debt Relief Policies, but What If They’re in Prison?December 8, 2022 Report shows Federal Bureau of Prisons made mistakes before Whitey Bulger’s DeathDecember 8, 2022 Opportunities Exist to Better Assist Incarcerated People with Obtaining ID Documents Prior to ReleaseDecember 8, 2022 Former Assistant State Attorney Shows Integrity by QuittingDecember 8, 2022 Gov. Kathy Hochul Weighs Bill to Let Criminals Work in New York CasinosDecember 8, 2022 Former Prisoner Attains Doctorate DegreeDecember 7, 2022 Reviews Find Misuse of Covid-19 Hotel Stays By Prison StaffDecember 7, 2022 Federal Prisoner Statistics Collected Under the First Step Act, 2022December 7, 2022 Three FCI Dublin Officers put on Leave as Warden’s Sex Abuse Trial Got UnderwayDecember 7, 2022
