Category: Reports

Massive elderly population in US prisons
We at PRISON CALL DEALS strongly believe in prison reform, and are saddened by this touching video about the massive elderly population in prison Dying inside: Elderly in prison     Long sentences that were handed out decades ago are catching up with the American justice system. ...
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Punishing inmate families
The TIME published on September 30th yet another story about inmate families being ripped off "Meet the bankers who profit from the inmates."   We at PRISON CALL DEALS are always sad to see such stories, but at the same time it's encouraging that there is publicity and media coverage of t ...
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Prison as a tourist attraction
We at Prison Call Deals thought we would bring you a "lighter" story about prison today - from Fox News about the prison that served as the filming location for "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) that was turned into tourist attraction as it escaped demolition.   This giant building of ...
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Prison Town Is The Safest City in Arizona
What can you say about safety in the town you live in? The Prison Call Deals crew came across an interesting survey that was conducted using FBI statistics on violent crimes and property crimes in more than 100 Arizona cities; it shows that Florence, Arizona, is the safest city in the state. &n ...
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Giving Back to Society
We at Prison Call Deals strongly believe that behind every good deed there is an even better story. That is why we were delighted to read an article from the Huffington Post about one extraordinary event that took place in August in a maximum security prison in Lancaster, California.   Th ...
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Immigrant mothers and children in prison
Today we're featuring here an article about immigrant mothers and children in prison, and a great woman, a lawyer, who works pro bono with them. We also want to highlight the problems of detaining immigrant mothers and their children, and the conditions in detention centers. Here name is Jennifer ...
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How to stop the school-to-prison pipeline?
We've been writing these days about the exaggerated number of children and youth in prison, the severe racial disparity that exists in the juvenile justice system, and the school-to-prison pipeline.   The school-to-prison pipeline describes the many ways in which inadequate support for ki ...
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School-to-prison pipeline
We've been discussing the problem of juvenile justice, and we've seen a lot of alarming reports about the school-to-prison pipeline that is decimating the African-American community, wrecking havoc on government budgets, and enriching the pockets of private prison stock holders.   Expe ...
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Racial disparity also for children in prison
Yesterday we wrote about children in prison, and the benefits of moving away from punishment to education, in order to give children a chance. If you want to read more about the benefits of education over imprisonment go to  https://dadisispeaks.wordpress.com/category/culture/prison-industrial- ...
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