Sometimes it seems there is an inherent conflict of interest between those who work in the field of juvenile justice and their...
In most states, media outlets are prevented from reporting the names and some details in juvenile cases. This practice is born of...
We sat in blue plastic school desks. The room was all white, with gray metal cabinets. It was comfortably air conditioned, which...
The short hallway, maybe 15- or 20- feet long, had gray metal doors on each end. A single fluorescent light dimly lit...
Receiving a life sentence is a shock. When the judge said to me, in 1985, “I sentence you to life in prison...
Back in the mid 1990s, we had a brief moment to celebrate progressive reforms in the prison system, a rarity here in...
This past weekend I made a trip to Kentucky with my girlfriend, and on the way back we travelled through the north...
“Everybody in there is innocent, right?” This statement, or some variation of it, usually followed by laughter, comes up in a lot...
I get in trouble sometimes when I talk (or write) about certain things. Whether the topic is prisoners’ rights, restorative justice, brain...
Sometimes I forget I was in prison, even though I spent nearly a quarter century there. Maybe, I just get caught up in...
Written by John Lash I don’t remember when I first heard of The Angolite, the only uncensored prison publication in the country. It...
A friend of mine called me last week from prison. We hadn’t spoken in a few months, so we did a lot...
Scott State Prison, in Milledgeville, Ga., was originally built as a hospital during the Great Depression. I was there for a few...
I was 18 years old when I was arrested and sent to jail. But the real hell of my life to come...
Child Welfare A Connecticut prosecutor asked whether or not the recent death of an infant casts doubt over the state Department of...
Child Welfare Marcy Valenzuela, a former foster youth from East Los Angeles, makes the case in a Los Angeles Times op-ed that...
Child Welfare Emily Canal of the New York Times wrote an excellent piece on the struggle of homeless families in the city...
Child Welfare A gang of vigilante computer hackers linked to the Anonymous group is taking down websites that portray child abuse and...
Child Welfare Indiana has spent the past few years moving away from residential placements and toward foster families, report Kathleen Quilligan and...
Child Welfare Michael Petit, president of Every Child Matters, wonders in an op-ed for the BBC why child abuse is so acute...