Tag: prison reform

Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater has an art program that allows incarcerated individuals to create and exhibit artwork.

A prison inmate who was convicted of second-degree murder, volunteered to start the nation's first prison hospice program at Angola, ...

Minnesota prisoners denied medication: Cruel and unusual punishment?

We should all want people coming out of prisons to be better off, not worse off than when they went ...

The Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act (MRRA) allows people to earn early release and supervision reductions by using their time ...

Unless Minnesotans are prepared to accept a system of "justice for some," the “lifer” review process must be reformed.

I have been in TCU for almost two months now and noticed that they try to move African Americans out ...

When a prisoner has medical or mental issues or disabilities the systematic neglect quickly becomes abusive.

Currently, the Legal Revolution supports five students who are incarcerated in Shakopee earning their paralegal degrees at North Hennepin Community ...

Broken people need help, not hell.

Over the last year, the DOC has changed some of its policy to address concerns of the transgender prisoner community ...

'The idea that it’s prisoners’ responsibility to alert staff about prisoners living in the cell block together after fighting each ...

The Hardel Sherrell Act includes a set of minimum standards in jails related to mental health assessments, suicide prevention, medication ...

The state Supreme Court ruled that Cosby’s deal with former prosecutor Bruce Castor should have been honored.

Double-bunking also causes significant increases in stress levels, health problems, violence, and suicide, according to Canada’s Union of Correctional Officers.

As the year comes to a close, I'm sure many are wondering just what type of impact those changes have ...

This conversation between Kevin Reese and Calvin Boswell examines the emerging conversations to be had in the community that originated ...

On July 11, after 14½ years in prison, Kevin Reese returns home and fulfills a long-awaited goal.

A dialogue about reinstating Minnesota’s corrections ombudsman.

The body of the inmate of color, like the body of his or her enslaved ancestor, has been stolen in ...