by Mary Adkins | May 27, 2014 | Opinion
There is a documentary you probably shouldn’t watch unless you’re prepared to become engaged in the prison community because “Through the Door,” which is about people doing just that, is likely to leave you eager to join them. While the film...
by Hugh Hollowell | Apr 3, 2014 | Opinion
Her name is Mickey and she found me on Tuesday of last week, timid and uncertain. If you look up the definition of “mousy” in the dictionary, the entry should have her picture next to it. She is petite and naive looking. Though 26 years old, she looks 18...
by Robert Parham | Mar 25, 2014 | Opinion
When we entered an administrative section of the Bibb County Correctional Facility, we observed an officer and several inmates packing up computers. Inmates were placing black monitors and hard drives in what appeared to be the original shipping containers. Dressed in...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 17, 2014 | News
Religious involvement leads to positive life change for those released from prison, according to a recent study that will appear in a forthcoming publication of the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. An advance copy was provided to...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 11, 2014 | News
A study of Nebraska’s correctional system cited rehabilitative services as a key factor in addressing overcrowding, growing prison costs and high recidivism rates. “Corrections systems can grow commensurate with their failure rate, as offenders leaving the...
