Idaho Prisons Scramble for Staff as Exhausted Correctional Officers Resign
Idaho prisons are working at 76% capacity, with over 180 positions vacant within the nine prisons in Idaho. Correctional officers are burned out, overworked, under paid and dropping like flies. Workers...
View ArticlePublic Defenders can do more for public safety – if we let them
For police and prosecutors, often perceived as the engines of public safety, human caging is the primary tool in their tool kit. People who have served time in prison are less likely to succeed than...
View ArticleBoise Police Critical Incident Review Process in Light of Recent...
In the wake of three police shootings this summer, Boise Police Chief Ryan Lee explains how the Critical Incident Task Force operates. Five agencies – Boise, Meridian, and Garden City Police, Ada...
View ArticleA Bunch Of Bunnies Showed Up In My Prison Yard And Then A Beautiful Thing...
When you think about prison, do you think about tenderness, caring and connection? They’re not common, but they’re here, in the Washington State Reformatory. While Christopher Blackwell, a fellow...
View Article70 Million Jobs
Richard Bronson is the founder and CEO of 70 Million Jobs, which focuses on helping anyone with a criminal record to secure a job. Mr. Bronson was sentenced to 2 years in prison after he was part of...
View ArticleKTVB will no longer use mugshots in certain crime stories – here’s why
It is usually standard procedure to include a suspect’s mugshot in any crime story. However, multiple discussions have led KTVB to change their mugshot policy. KTVB will no longer include suspect’s...
View ArticleJulius Jones is Still at Risk of Execution Despite a Parole Board Twice...
Julius Jones was sentenced to death after the July 28, 1999, murder of Paul Howell. He is scheduled to die November 18 for a murder that he, for decades, maintained he did not commit. A Pardon and...
View ArticleInmate Charged with Murder of Prison Cellmate Identified by Ada County...
Gerald B. Cummings Jr. was pronounced dead at 3:38a.m. Saturday, December 11. His cellmate, Colton J. Reagan was charged with first degree murder. Cumming was found unresponsive with injuries that...
View ArticleThousands of Idaho women cannot travel for abortions due to parole, probation
[A]n estimated 5,127 women in Idaho won’t have the option to seek abortion care out of state because of parole or probation, according to a report by the Prison Policy Initiative… The post Thousands of...
View ArticleI came to provide care for complicated pregnancies; I’m leaving because of...
I need to be able to protect my patients’ lives, their health and future fertility without fear of becoming a felon, writes guest columnist Kylie Cooper. Read more here. The post I came to provide care...
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