Tag: inmates
Posted in News
Slave Labor, Dire Conditions: A TRNN Update On Prisons And COVID-19
phillynews215 11/14/2023
Eddie Conway talks to journalists Kim Kelly and Adryan Corcione about how the coronavirus pandemic is exposing the poor healthcare system in US prisons and jails. Subscribe to our page and support our work at…
Posted in News
Virginia revokes early release for inmates with good behavior
phillynews215 10/31/2023
Lawmakers in Virginia have approved a draconian budget measure from Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin that takes aim at inmates’ eligibility for early release. The new law prevents so-called “violent offenders” from applying credits earned for…
Posted in News
Keeping incarcerated mothers and their families together
phillynews215 10/30/2023
As Wendy Sawyer and Wanda Bertram recently wrote for the Prison Policy Initiative, “Over half (58%) of all women in US prisons are mothers, as are 80% of women in jails, including many who are…