Letter to the Editor: Clarifying the Aims of Judicial Prison Visit Reforms

Michael B. Mushlin, Chair of the Subcommittee on Judicial Visits to Prisons and Jails, responds to a recent op-ed by Lauren ...

ODOC announces plans to improve visitation at Oklahoma’s prisons

Officials with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections have announced a new plan to improve visitation at Oklahoma’s prisons.

'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies endure inhumane conditions in jails

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as ...
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Dedicated ODOC Visitation Unit aims to streamline family visits

Oklahoma DOC will launch a centralized Visitation Unit and online system Dec. 1 to streamline applications and improve scheduling for families.
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Prison study calls for changes to solitary confinement, health care

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections received recommendations to improve solitary confinement, mental health care and ...

An artist started befriending strangers in Pa. prisons. Now she is turning them into artwork.

These stories, Harper said, opened her eyes to the emptiness, detachment, and inhumanity people experience in prisons. Their names, faces, and stories are now at the center of her latest portrait ...