They are known to many as murderers, robbers, and rapists – to me, they are co-workers, neighbors and friends. Officials have labeled them prisoners, convicts, inmates, offenders, but those labels fail to describe the real people in prison, including those convicted of violent crimes. During...
Espinal, 23, said she has gone from writing letters to speaking with her pen pal nearly every day. Coincidentally, both Lapkin and Espinal studied criminal justice in college and credit their ability to empathize with inmates to their education. Espinal said that younger generations are more ed...
I’ve been instrumental in sentencing many people over the years to serious jail terms, been witness to people truly being rehabilitated and saw things that would scare the average person. It’s not just anyone who can do what I do and see what I see. Serious trial matters, repeat ...
… sheriff’s deputies in Kansas who were shotwhiletransporting inmates from a jail to a court hearing on Friday died of their injuries, the police in Kansas City, (www.nytimes.com) … agency that takes custody of children separated from their parents, have said that the children will not ...
The jail has 500 inmates. ◆ He was attacked by a fellow inmate. an escaped convict a convicted murderer a series of childhood traumas Some soldiers never recover from the trauma of battle. He continues to suffer emotional trauma. His sons death was the most traumatic event in Stans life....
Square in Savannah in 2010, outside the federal courthouse where Troy’s evidentiary hearing was being held—the first time Troy had been back to his hometown since his conviction in 1991. It’s the same as the wristband I still wear today, blue with white letters illuminating two sentences...
Byline: TAMARA McCLARANMcclaran, Tamara
Writing programs give female prisoners freedom Inmates and those just out of jail learn to express themselvesAnnie Sweeney