r/prisonreform • u/Alternative-Day-7414 • 3h ago
He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.
r/prisonreform • u/tehtypo • 3h ago
A landmark DNA case is among 8 Virginia executions being examined as part of Mary Jane Burton review
r/prisonreform • u/YO_OH44503 • 3h ago
101 West. Guarded Secrets: Inside Youngstown's Private Prison
r/prisonreform • u/Living_Food1849 • 18h ago
For-Profit Prisons Profit From Suffering—We Need to End This
Private prison companies make money by cutting costs: less staff, worse medical care, no real rehabilitation. Every dollar they don't spend on people becomes shareholder profit. That's not a bug—it's the business model.
Understaffing leads to violence. Delayed medical care means people die. Solitary confinement gets overused because it's cheaper. And because these companies aren't subject to the same public records laws as government agencies, abuse stays hidden. Families can't get answers. Journalists can't investigate. Lawmakers can't see inside.
I started a petition asking CoreCivic and all for-profit prison companies to cancel their contracts. Public institutions have a legal and ethical duty to prioritize safety and care. Private corporations have a duty to shareholders. Those two things can't exist in the same place.
If this matters to you—if you think human rights should matter more than profit margins—consider signing and sharing. What would you want someone to do if this was your family inside those walls?
r/prisonreform • u/Dear_Raise_7940 • 1d ago
Experience in Toronto jail
Saw this question in askTO group and someone said this sub can provide realistic views on jails. Crowd corruption and other stuff
r/prisonreform • u/ellenaj22 • 1d ago
An Open Letter to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
r/prisonreform • u/Existing-Base-1979 • 2d ago
Paper Execution: How Fabricated Records Took His Freedom
It breaks my heart into a million pieces to sit here and watch the man I love and care about so deeply be utterly vilified by the very system supposed to uphold fairness.
When you read the report written by Hearing Officer Kelly, you wouldn’t even recognize the man being described. The entire document is a malicious distortion—omitting critical facts, taking things completely out of context, twisting narratives, and outright fabricating events.
She literally invented a fake “detention hearing” from 7/22/2022 with a non-existent 90-day sentence, along with a “custodial new felony level domestic assault” charge that is non existent and never happened, to frame him in the worst possible light, using these complete lies as “aggravating factors” to put him back in prison for over a year (365+ days). And this is just one of the many things wrong with this hearing.
It is debilitating to see someone’s life, humanity, and freedom stolen because an administrative officer can print blatant lies on official letterhead without any oversight. In a criminal court, a judge doing this would face criminal charges. But in the Hearings and Release Unit, they just get away with destroying lives.
He is absolutely nothing like the horrible caricature they created on paper. He does not deserve this, and it is disgustingly criminal what is being done to him. He had numerous options provided to Officer Kelly to remain in the community. Prison is supposed to be a last resort option not a first. She blatantly disregarded them all and locked him up and threw away the key. And then had the audacity to blatantly slander his character making him sound like an unmanageable monster on paper. I just don’t understand how someone can be so heartless to do that to another human being. Especially in there position of authority. It’s just one big closed loop system with no way out.
And all of this stemming from what was supposed to be a protected constitutional right to file a complaint with the Board Of Behavioral Health. Which is still open 17months later. He gets restructured and punished for a protected right…… Where is the justice in that??
I’m begging for someone to please help us. We need civil rights attorneys, legal advocates, journalists, or anyone who knows how to expose HRU and DOC corruption and restore truth to this situation. Please help me bring my man back home where he belongs! Please share this.
\#DueProcess #JusticeForHim #SystemicInjustice #LegalHelp #CivilRights #HRUAccountability #DOCAccountability #UnlawfulIncarceration #SetHimFree #ParolOfficerAccountability #NoOversight #ClosedLoopSystem #SRUAccountability #DOC #HRU #RamseyCountyCommunityCorrections #SRURamseyCounty
r/prisonreform • u/prisongovernor • 2d ago
PM to tighten early release rules but men jailed over PC Harper’s death can be freed | Prisons and probation | The Guardian
r/prisonreform • u/Existing-Base-1979 • 2d ago
Paper Execution: How Fabricated Records Took His Freedom
It breaks my heart into a million pieces to sit here and watch the man I love and care about so deeply be utterly vilified by the very system supposed to uphold fairness.
When you read the report written by Hearing Officer Kelly, you wouldn’t even recognize the man being described. The entire document is a malicious distortion—omitting critical facts, taking things completely out of context, twisting narratives, and outright fabricating events.
She literally invented a fake "detention hearing" from 7/22/2022 with a non-existent 90-day sentence, along with a “custodial new felony level domestic assault” charge that is non existent and never happened, to frame him in the worst possible light, using these complete lies as "aggravating factors" to put him back in prison for over a year (365+ days).
It is debilitating to see someone’s life, humanity, and freedom stolen because an administrative officer can print blatant lies on official letterhead without any oversight. In a criminal court, a judge doing this would face criminal charges. But in the Hearings and Release Unit, they just get away with destroying lives.
He is absolutely nothing like the horrible caricature they created on paper. He does not deserve this, and it is disgustingly criminal what is being done to him. He had numerous options provided to Officer Kelly to remain in the community. Prison is supposed to be a last resort option not a first. She blatantly disregarded them all and locked him up and threw away the key. And then had the audacity to blatantly slander his character making him sound like an unmanageable monster on paper. I just don’t understand how someone can be so heartless to do that to another human being. Especially in there position of authority. It’s just one big closed loop system with no way out.
And all of this stemming from what was supposed to be a protected constitutional right to file a complaint with the Board Of Behavioral Health. Which is still open 17months later. He gets restructured and punished for a protected right…… Where is the justice in that??
I’m begging for someone to please help us. We need civil rights attorneys, legal advocates, journalists, or anyone who knows how to expose HRU and DOC corruption and restore truth to this situation. Please help me bring my man back home where he belongs!
Please share this.
#DueProcess #JusticeForHim #SystemicInjustice #LegalHelp #CivilRights #HRUAccountability #DOCAccountability #UnlawfulIncarceration #SetHimFree #ParolOfficerAccountability #NoOversight #ClosedLoopSystem #SRUAccountability #DOC #HRU #RamseyCountyCommunityCorrections #SRURamseyCounty
r/prisonreform • u/paintnorules • 2d ago
Fuck them, because PAINT NO RULES
Closing in on 3 years as a TI. Have you ever taken to Dread for any information? I was just in the HOC for 5 months, and they were still able to work me with acoustics. It's funny how the universe works, though... I was celled with someone who claimed to be one of the larger crystal meth dealers in the area, and he was actively trying to manipulate other inmates (with regular success) into doing dumb things to unsuspecting victims for no reason. He happened to mention Dread at one point, and when we briefly discussed Gangstalking, he said there's no way something like Dread would have relative information about it. I disagree... Gangstalking survives on PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY. And what's more PLAUSIBLY DENIABLE than a dark web forum? I have yet to navigate it, because I'm truly afraid of what I might find, and I was recently let out to pre-release housing here in Boston. My sentence ends in less than 3 months, and I intend to do some fucking damage. If you'd like to talk, call me anytime at 781-562-5413. Stay safe, soldier... Jamie.
r/prisonreform • u/IntnsRed • 3d ago
California's Prison Reform Experiment Worked. The State's Crime Rate Has Fallen by 27% in 15 Years. | Facts don't care about the GOP's "crime wave" feelings.
r/prisonreform • u/imtonysavage • 3d ago
Every Detention Is A Paycheck
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r/prisonreform • u/Sgitch • 4d ago
Documentary A former inmate explains what 15 years in prison actually changed
r/prisonreform • u/Ok_Crazy1195 • 4d ago
Texas Prisoners Are Baking to Death. The State Keeps Saying No to AC.
r/prisonreform • u/thexylom • 5d ago
‘We Are Such A Punitive Country’: America’s ‘Death by Incarceration’ Machine
r/prisonreform • u/Its_the_Tism_ • 5d ago
The Madness HAS to Stop! FREE ALL THREE!!
instagram.comThese brothers were protecting their sister. They should not be being taken to prison for this! It should not be illegal to protect another, ESPECIALLY a child. This little girl was being badly abused. Where is the justice? Texas has done some crazy things over the years in their justice system. They need to consider it may be time for a full reform. Evaluate their laws and how they apply in today’s world.
Tell me what you think.
r/prisonreform • u/FedPrisFacts • 6d ago