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A group of people, wearing blue prison uniforms with the words "CDCR prisoner" on their backs, walk through a prison yard.
Closing Argument August 31
How Efforts to Cut Long Prison Sentences Have Stalled
Crime victim advocates and conservative groups are resisting moves to revisit “truth-in-sentencing” laws.
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Life Inside October 25, 2018
Freaky Friday, Prison-Style
At a Kentucky prison, inmates and staff switch places during a “re-entry to society” role-playing game.
By Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.
Lt. Russell Hanes, left, and counselor Colleen McClay, in bright red at center, chat with women who are incarcerated at York Correctional Institution in Niantic, Conn., in August.
News October 9, 2018
More Women Are Behind Bars Now. One Prison Wants to Change That.
Connecticut’s WORTH program uses therapy, classes and mentoring to try to keep women from coming back.
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Commentary January 24, 2018
How Post-Prison Reentry Programs Fail Queer Women
Having a man counts as a plan in some reentry programs.
Erin Kerrison
Vanessa Thompson, an inmate at Indiana Women’s Prison, proposed allowing incarcerated women to earn sweat equity to gain ownership of a home when released.
Feature November 1, 2017
Building Toward a Future
The unique prison re-entry plan conceived by — and for — women.
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The Florence Federal Correctional Complex in southern Colorado, in 2015.
Commentary October 17, 2017
Federal Prisons Don’t Even Try to Rehabilitate the Undocumented
The Bureau of Prisons fails to provide basic resources to undocumented prisoners.
Jacob Schuman
Michelle Jones, center, works on a housing policy proposal at Indiana Women’s Prison with Andrew Falk, left, a senior fellow at the Sagamore Institute, and Natalie Medley.
Commentary September 14, 2017
The Taxpayers and Michelle Jones
How her prison education saved us a million bucks
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The Frame June 13, 2017
Life After Life Without Parole
Ronald Elston spent more than 30 years in prison, with no preparation for what he would do if he got out.
By Jessica Earnshaw
Seattle police detective Kim Bogucki teaches female inmates at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in 2015.
Q&A June 1, 2016
How a Police Detective Helps Inmates Prepare to Live on the Outside
A new documentary spotlights a program that reclaims lives through writing.
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: Members of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s entourage walk past an inmate’s cell as she tours DC Central Jail after announcing policy changes to support employment for inmates during and after incarceration in Washington Monday September 14, 2015. (Photo by J. Lawler Duggan/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Analysis March 9, 2016
Seven Things to Know About Repeat Offenders
A new report looks at recidivism among inmates released from federal prisons.
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