Nation Mar 17 California to remake San Quentin prison, new focus on rehabilitation By Janie Har, Associated Press, Sophie Austin, Associated Press/Report for America
Nation Apr 13 Watch 5:39 PBS NewsHour documentary explores the challenges of life after incarceration More than 70 million Americans have an arrest or criminal record that in many cases prevent them from getting housing, work and reconnecting with their families after incarceration. Those challenges are the subject of a NewsHour documentary premiering Wednesday on… By Amna Nawaz, Frank Carlson, Mike Fritz
Nation Apr 10 Watch 5:54 PBS NewsHour documentary spotlights the struggles facing the formerly incarcerated For the past few years, the NewsHour has been reporting on issues facing the formerly incarcerated, like getting a job, housing and healthcare. Next week those issues are front and center in a PBS NewsHour documentary called “Searching for Justice:… By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz, Frank Carlson, Claire Mufson
Nation Sep 21 Watch 8:13 Inmates released to home confinement during pandemic fear ‘devastating’ reincarceration Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Justice Department has released more than 30,000 non-violent inmates to home confinement to try to limit the virus' spread in prison. But, as John Yang reports for our ongoing "Searching for Justice"… By John Yang, Mike Fritz
Nation May 28 Trump ally Stone won’t need to go to prison quarantine site Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone will start his prison sentence without needing to comply with a Bureau of Prisons directive that newly-sentenced inmates be sent to a quarantine site. By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
Feb 26 5 ways prisoners were used for profit throughout U.S. history By Shane Bauer "American Prison" author Shane Bauer highlights a few key moments in the history of prison-as-profit in America, drawing from research he conducted for the book. Continue reading
Feb 18 Author Shane Bauer on being both prisoner and prison guard By Courtney Vinopal “Power struggles in prison are sometimes overtly violent, but mostly they are psychological and subtle,” he said. Continue reading
Feb 10 Why the author of ‘American Prison’ embraces people’s contradictions By Courtney Vinopal “It will make your writing much better in the end,” says Shane Bauer. Continue reading
Jan 29 ‘American Prison’ is our February book club pick By Courtney Vinopal “American Prison” draws from Bauer’s own experience working undercover as a prison guard at Louisiana's Winnfield Correctional Center while on assignment as a senior reporter for Mother Jones. Continue reading