Rising Minnesota jail phone call costs are forcing families to limit communication with incarcerated loved ones, raising concerns about mental health, fairness, and rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation
Posted inOpinion
Support our prisons’ invisible caregivers
Inside Maryland prisons, incarcerated people routinely act as nurses, chaplains, and social workers for one another—unpaid, unprotected, and unseen. Rev. Jamesina E. Greene urges lawmakers to pass a Prison Care Standards Act to mandate adequate health staffing, create peer-caregiver training and certification, and require transparency about in-prison care.
Posted inLocal & State
Are court-ordered commitments the answer to curbing crime?Â
The recent killing of a Loring Park shopkeeper by someone who was once civilly committed has people wondering if civil commitments could improve public safety.