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David Rothenberg is a veteran Broadway producer and prisoners' rights activist. After reading the script for Fortune and Men's Eyes by former prisoner and playwright John Herbert, he was instrumental in producing the play for an off-Broadway production. Later, he was a civilian observer during the Attica Prison riot, which left a deep ...
Prisoner reentry is the process by which prisoners who have been released return to the community. [1] Many types of programs have been implemented with the goal of reducing recidivism and have been found to be effective for this purpose. [2][3] Consideration for the conditions of the communities formerly incarcerated individuals are re ...
The Shawshank Redemption. The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American prison drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The film tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murders of ...
Life after prison: Communities heal by helping former inmates succeed Mayfield's case is special, Clark said, explaining Mayfield now serves as a supervisor and mentor for TRY. "He started out a ...
I love comic books, too. So many books and Star Trek. But that’s essentially the core of my being. After my son passed away (at 4 years old), I realized that, you know, life really isn’t promised.
Elijah Pippin, of Tallahassee, got out of prison April 26 after being sentenced to 4 years for robbery, kidnapping, grand theft of a motor vehicle and burglary of an occupied dwelling at 17 years old.
The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) is a publicly traded C corporation that invests in private prisons and mental health facilities in the United States, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, the company's facilities include immigration detention centers, minimum security detention centers, and mental ...
Inmates are generally screened at admission, and depending on the severity of the mental illness, they are placed in either general confinement or specialized facilities. Inmates can self-report mental illness if they feel it is necessary. In mid-2000, inmates self-reported that state prisons held 191,000 mentally ill inmates. [42]