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The Limits of Savings: Cutting Prisons but Not Populations

February 27, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
Inmate working on a flag at the Prison Industries Autority at CCWF.Image from story on struggle to maintain vocational programs in prison. Credit Lea Suzuki for the San Francisco Chronicle. Over the

Ninth Circuit Revives Inmate Lawsuit for Pagan Chaplaincy

February 26, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit has acknowledged, apriori, that Pagan inmates complaining about the lack of a paid chaplain might have two valid legal claims, and remanded the

Today: Solitary Confinement Hearing in Sacramento

February 25, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
Today marks the beginning of a new wave of protest and action against the overuse of solitary confinement in California. Protesters meet for the State Assembly Public Safety Committee Hearing

Book Review: Prison Profiteers, Edited by Tara Herivel and Paul Wright

February 21, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
Many books and articles decrying mass imprisonment use the term “prison industrial complex”, and many of us know that it refers to the financial aspects of incarcerating a population of

Film Review: West of Memphis

February 17, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
I have just returned from watching West of Memphis, the latest film in the West Memphis Three saga. This is a case I care about a great deal, and I

Starving the Messenger

February 14, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
It strikes me that yesterday’s post about Governor Brown’s gripe against the Prison Law Office and Rosen, Bien, Galvan and Grunfeld requires more blogging attention, because it hits at the heart of

What’s Cheaper: Litigating or Realigning?

February 12, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
Today brings with it an interesting financial gripe: Governor Brown’s concern with the money made by private law firms representing inmates in prison conditions litigation. ABC News Report: A tally

Assemblyman Ammiano Arrives in Pelican Bay

February 11, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
Image courtesy www.examiner.com. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, whose efforts to reform the criminal justice system are well known to frequent readers of this blog, is paying a visit to Pelican Bay.

Book Review: Golden Gulag by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

February 11, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
So many great books have come out in the 21st century examining the genesis of mass incarceration; we’ve discussed many of them here. While many of these books look at

U.S. Bureau of Prisons to Review Solitary Confinement

February 10, 2013 / Hadar Aviram
Good news via Reuters: A spokesman from the bureau confirmed that the National Institute of Corrections plans to retain an independent auditor “in the weeks ahead” to examine the use