On Dec. 6, a graduation ceremony took place at the Pennsylvania Industrial Correctional Center (PICC), where twelve women received diplomas for completing “The History and Politics of Punishment: An Inside-Out Prison Exchange Course.” The program, led by Professor of Political Science Keith
The release of incarcerated people from prisons during the pandemic is a controversial move that twenty-one states and many local areas across the US have pursued. I agree with this move to release inmates early on the basis of low assessed risk
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