Roughly 60 protesters gathered yesterday in the freezing cold rain at the headquarters of the NC Division of Prisons in Raleigh to show our anger and resentment towards the prison system, and solidarity with prisoners struggling on the inside.
About 9 percent of the white teenagers in the study sample used substances in ways that indicated they had disorders, meaning abuse or dependency. That's nearly twice the percentage of blacks nearly three times the rate for a group classified as Asian/Pacific Islander, which were mostly Asians..
Lack of local services limits prison mom release program
Published: October 23, 2011
Join A New Way of Life Reentry Project for their Annual Fundraising Dinner at the Sheraton Universal near Universal Studios.
New York drug-law reforms, drop in crime reduce prison population
Oct. 16, 2011
Written by Timothy O'Connor and Tim Henderson
The (Poughkeepsie) Journal News
California has a rich history of prisoners, former prisoners, and their supporters taking a stand. Among these freedom fighters is the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP), self-publishers of a newsletter entitled The Fire Inside (archived here).