data and analysis relating to prisoners and inmates, and prisons and jails
The medieval nobleman and knight Sir Geoffrey de La Tour Landry instructed men to refuse to become intimately involved with women who joke about imprisoning men. … Read the post joking about imprisoning man shows woman’s bad character
Showing lack of public concern for men’s paternity interest, a NY court declared a prisoner father of his wife’s child although she had no access to him. … Read the post New York court imposed false paternity on prisoner
Communicative shock upon criminal justice detention punishes persons before they have been legally established as guilty of any crime. … Read the post communicative shock of being detained in jail
Criminal law acknowledges sex differences when biological difference exonerates women, but criminalizes men in denial of sex differences. … Read the post criminal law doesn’t accommodate men’s sex differences
Modernizing inmate communications benefits everyone through more inmate communication, reduced recidivism, and better public safety. … Read the post reducing recidivism depends on inmate communications
A prayer for release from incarceration has survived as the beginning stanzas in the 14th-century Spanish work Libro de buen amor. … Read the post prayer for release from incarceration in Libro de buen amor
Online, machine-readable public data on inmate calling. Two inmate calling providers in total provide an estimated 80% of US inmate calling services. … Read the post inmate telephone calling rates, commissions, and provider shares
Statistics on the U.S. incarceration facility size distribution (federal prisons, state prisons, jails by inmates held) for US in 2006 in spreadsheet. … Read the post incarceration facility size distribution for U.S. about 2006
Prosecutors’ decisions, the criminal justice systems’ unbounded criminal law, and pervasive plea-bargaining have created an enormous prison population. … Read the post prosecutors' decisions have driven growth in U.S. prison population
Traveling west from India, the life of Buddha became the story of Barlaam and Josaphat. Josaphat Buddha established justice with care for prisoners. … Read the post Josaphat Buddha's reign of just acts began with care for prisoners