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LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 12, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Two years ago this month, film producer Fritzi Horstman, and Compassion Prison Project founder, walked into a California maximum-security prison and
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Two years ago this month, film producer Fritzi Horstman, and Compassion Prison Project founder, walked into a California maximum-security prison and sat down with the men who were serving time, hoping to bring them compassion and trauma-awareness. One of the first things she said was, “I was traumatized when I was a child – my mother emotionally and physically abused me. I was neglected and my father was an alcoholic.” Ultimately, she was entrusted with the many stories these men shared, stories of unimaginable childhood abuse and neglect. ...
What does it say about the humanitarian condition of US prisons and jails when one of the United States’ closest allies refuses to extradite a person for fear that American prison conditions would drive him to suicide? This is exactly what happened on Monday when a British court ruled against the United States’ extradition request for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange due to concerns that his health and safety cannot be assured in US custody. The...
Advocates concerned over COVID-19 outbreaks, no running water inside Arizona prisons Lauren Castle, Arizona Republic © Nick Oza/The Republic Arizona State Prison Complex Perryville is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections. State prisons are fighting COVID-19-related challenges as cases continue to rise among those in custody. Hundreds of inmates in one Yuma unit have tested positive for the virus, and hundreds of inmates in two units at a prison in Goodyear didn't have running water for a time. The Arizona Department of Corrections,...
To learn the law. >> the bottom line all of us has one common denominator and that's hunger for justice because all of us want to get justice in court. >> the incredible thing that in kenya institutions like this which were originally meant for correction have been turned almost overnight into institutions of learning. >> for him, the first kenyan to earn law degree with the africans prison project, the future is about leaving no one behind bars. >> or if it's the criminal justice system that got them behind bars wrongly like in my case and many other case, they don't have to fight it, they'll...