A Georgia jail is refusing all books shipped to inmates, except those that come from major retailers. One local bookshop is suing, saying that policy is unconstitutional. In May 2023, two different people visited Avid Bookshop, a progressive independent bookstore located in Athens, Georgia. Each customer purchased three books to mail to an inmate at […]
Violation/The Marshall Project”> In criminal justice policy, few topics are less sexy and more underreported than the ins and outs of parole. Violation, a recent podcast from WBUR and The Marshall Project, aims to change that. It’s successful. The project follows Jacob Wideman, who was 16 when he murdered his roommate at summer camp. There is […]
Two lawsuits filed this week accuse Michigan sheriff’s offices of colluding with large prison telecom companies to end face-to-face jail visitations and then price gouge families who are forced to rely on expensive phone calls and video chats, in return for major kickbacks. Civil Rights Corps, a criminal justice advocacy nonprofit, filed the two class-actions […]
Maurice Jimmerson, a Georgia man who languished in jail awaiting trial for more than a decade, has finally been released. Jimmerson has been in jail since 2013 after a series of bureaucratic hurdles prevented him from receiving a speedy trial. Jimmerson was one of five people arrested by Albany, Georgia, police on suspicion of committing […]