Incarceration

It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration - Bernie Sanders

Incarceration
Incarceration

image by: RODNAE Productions

HWN Recommends

The Horrible Psychology of Solitary Confinement

"Baz Dreisinger has spent the last decade of her life in prison. A few of them. In New York, Australia, Thailand, Brazil, and a few other countries. But she has never been arrested, nor convicted of a crime.

Baz Dreisinger is a professor at the City University of New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She founded the Prison to College Pipeline Program where she trains incarcerated individuals in English and creative writing. When her students complete her program, and are released from prison, they are guaranteed a seat at CUNY. Baz is also the author…

read full article

Resources

 The Horrible Psychology of Solitary Confinement

The human brain is ill-adapted to such conditions, and activists and some psychologists equate it to torture. Solitary confinement isn’t merely uncomfortable, they say, but such an anathema to human needs that it often drives prisoners mad.

Five things everyone should know about US incarceration

The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other nation in the world.

Innocence Project

The Innocence Project, founded in 1992 by Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck at Cardozo School of Law, exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice

Bard Prison Initiative

The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) creates the opportunity for incarcerated men and women to earn a Bard College degree while serving their sentences. The academic standards and workload are rigorous, based on an unusual mix of attention to developmental skills and ambitious college study.

Equal Justice Initiative

The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.

John Howard Society

The John Howard Society fills an important role in public education, community service and in pressing for reform in the criminal justice area.

Prison Policy Initiative

The non-profit, non-partisan Prison Policy Initiative produces cutting edge research to expose the broader harm of mass criminalization, and then sparks advocacy campaigns to create a more just society.

The Sentencing Project

The Sentencing Project has worked for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system for 30 years.

World Prison Brief

The World Prison Brief is an online database providing free access to information on prisons and the use of imprisonment around the world. It is a unique resource, offering a foundation for evidence-based development of prison policy and practice globally.

Introducing Stitches!

Your Path to Meaningful Connections in the World of Health and Medicine
Connect, Collaborate, and Engage!

Coming Soon - Stitches, the innovative chat app from the creators of HWN. Join meaningful conversations on health and medical topics. Share text, images, and videos seamlessly. Connect directly within HWN's topic pages and articles.


Be the first to know when Stitches starts accepting users


Stay Connected