While the Jewish population in prison is small, it's hard for practicing Jews to go unnoticed. Chris Dankovich discusses the reasons behind antisemitism in prison. For many reasons, Jewish people in prison are often viewed as perpetual outsiders, and have often[...] ...
California now has the lowest prison population in 30 years SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The state prison population has dropped to the lowest number in 30 years as people are released due to the coronavirus, officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. As of ...
The recent increase in the population of women in prison within the societal context of China has shifted attention towards understanding the unique psychological and social dynamics distinct from those traditionally associated with man offenders. Growing evidence suggests that childhood experiences of discri...
During the past 20 years, the United States' population of incarcerated adults has dramatically increased. Inmates released from prison who lack literacy s... A Amodeo,J Ying,J Kling 被引量: 2发表: 2009年 Beyond Recidivism: Exploring Formerly Incarcerated Student Perspectives on the Value of Hig...
Population High turnover rate; mix of pre-trial detainees and convicted individuals serving short sentences. More stable population; convicted individuals serving longer terms. 15 Compare with Definitions Jail Characterized by a high turnover rate of its population. The jail sees a large number of ...
In 2011, women comprised 6.7% of the state and federal prison population: 49% were Caucasian, 25% African American, and 17% Latina. Their ages ranged from 18 to over 65. A majority of women nationally are incarcerated for drug offences including the sale of illegal drugs and property-...
More recent data in North Carolina suggest nearly 10,000 people incarcerated in state prisons, or 32% of the state prison population as of January, have a child younger than 18, according to reporting by NC Newsline, a nonprofit news outlet. Today, almost 19,000 children...
As the movie turns 30, one small Midwestern town is throwing a celebration this summer — call it a big thank-you. Because filming took place over the summer of 1993 at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield (population 47,000), a onetime manufacturing boomtown in north central Ohio,...
However, women have been marginalized inthe conversation about criminal justice reform because, as only 7%of the total incarcerated population, they are very much aminority. Hopefully this snapshot of motherhood in prison willbegin to shed light on a particular experience of incarcerationthat has ...
music, which is sung work; and preaching, which is the work that makes the community grow. The theoretical framework we employ is that of structuralism, to adapt to the era explored in this article, complemented by the phenomenological proposal of René Girard. Methodologically, this study is ...