The slow demise of cash bail →
As it bans holding defendants on bail for nonviolent crimes, New York is the latest state to challenge America’s bizarre system of money for freedom. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read MorePrepping for parole →
A group of volunteers is helping incarcerated people negotiate a system that is all but broken. THE NEW YORKER
Read MoreEasing the way home for returning senior citizens →
From finding a place to live to getting a debit card, a first-of-its-kind San Francisco program supports seniors in the challenging and often stressful task of returning home after incarceration. Founded in 2002, the SEOP is the oldest and still one of the only reentry programs in the country to focus specifically on the needs of older formerly incarcerated people. NEXT CITY
Read MoreHow Norway is teaching America to make its prisons more humane →
The broken US prison system is in desperate need of reform and prisons are now trying to find answers overseas. Recidivism rates in Norway are among the world’s lowest. Around 20% of those released from prison are arrested within two years. THE HUFFINGTON POST
Read More‘Gardening helps our mental health. They should do more of it in jail’ →
HMP Parc’s gardening scheme is improving prisoners’ lives – and has won an award from the Royal Horticultural Society. THE GUARDIAN
Read MorePrison restaurant serves up cut in reoffending →
A high-quality restaurant in prison, where inmates can learn valuable skills in cooking and hospitality, is making a "significant" difference in cutting reoffending rates, say researchers. BBC NEWS
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