Another weekend round-up of various (mostly prison) stories
Last weekend, I used this round-up to catch up on a number of capital punishment stories. After another busy week, I am catching up again with a round-up of stories; this week are mostly various prison-related pieces:
From the AP, “Inmate stuck on US death row despite vacated death sentence“
From The Brennan Center for Justice, “America’s Dystopian Incarceration System of Pay to Stay Behind Bars“
From CNN, “He was released after decades in prison, now a court says he must go back“
From Government Executive, “Management of the Federal Prisons System Is Added to GAO’s High-Risk List“
From the Los Angeles Times, “California Politics: The prison reform that divides California Democrats“
From the Los Angeles Times, “A California lawyer cashed in on criminal justice reform by fanning the hopes of inmates’ families“
From Michigan Advance, “Convictions cleared for nearly 850K Michiganders as ‘Clean Slate’ program takes effect“
From Penn Live, “Despite 5 years of mail scanning to keep drugs from Pa. prisons, problems remain“
From Reuters, “U.S. Supreme Court turns away suit by Texas inmate held 27 years in solitary confinement“
From the Spokesman-Review, “Inslee signs bill officially repealing death penalty in Washington“
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Missouri becomes first state to join national reentry program for people leaving prison“