The Royal Gazette

Inmate says need for prison reform is critical

An inmate of Westgate Correctional Facility has called for an overhaul of the laws governing Bermuda’s prison services to ensure offenders can be released safely and productively back into society. In ...
WVTF

Spanberger claims prison reforms; inmates say much more is needed

Last month, Governor Abigail Spanberger held a press conference to announce formation of a committee to advise the Department ...
Times Union

For family of slain inmate, prison reform has become their mission

Robert Brooks Jr., whose father was fatally beaten at Marcy Correctional Facility 11 months ago, said he would like to meet Gov. Kathy Hochul “and just have a real conversation with her, just so she ...
Yahoo

‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: ‘Jinx’ Filmmakers’ New Doc Is the Bloody Sunday of Inmate Rights and Prison Reform

"Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in America's deadliest prison system," reads the logline for the HBO-backed documentary "The Alabama Solution." But that does not begin to describe ...

Yellowknife jail triple bunking inmates as overcapacity issues continue

As of Aug. 10, there were 159 inmates at Yellowknife's jail, which is designed for 148. A social advocate calls those numbers ...
news10nbc

Gov. Hochul signs prison reform omnibus bill one year after death of inmate Robert Brooks

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill Friday, which seeks to reform prisons across the state. The reforms in the bill include more cameras in prisons, ...