Tag: prison
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Nation & World
Think of jailing debtors as Dickensian? Think again.
Harvard-led study of three states finds thousands are jailed each year for failure to pay court costs, often for misdemeanors.
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Nation & World
Can prisons be abolished? Look at 1973 Walpole takeover
On the 50th anniversary of the takeover, former prisoners, activists recall when inmates ran prison without incident during guard strike.
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Nation & World
Supreme Court may halt health care guarantees for inmates
Harvard experts on law and policy say originalist view used to overturn Roe could upend the 1976 Supreme Court ruling that requires a minimal standard for inmate health care.
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Nation & World
Study suggests new lessons on COVID-19 and mass incarceration
Results of a new Harvard paper are offering lessons on pandemic preparedness and providing another argument against mass incarceration.
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Nation & World
Mothers of stillborns face prison in El Salvador
Shortly after passing a total abortion ban in 1997, El Salvador became the first Latin American nation to incarcerate women who suffered stillbirths and other obstetrical emergencies for the crime of homicide. Sociologist Jocelyn Viterna analyzes the cultural dynamics that transformed a “pro-life” movement into a political system that revoked women’s rights.
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Nation & World
Prison education at Harvard
Harvard is hosting a conference on prison education, bringing to campus for the first time formerly incarcerated students and activists.
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Nation & World
When brains overvalue immediate rewards
Study finds psychopaths aren’t inhuman, but have a particular kind of brain wiring dysfunction.