Bringing prisoners and students together as classmates
Residents of the California Institution for Women joined a class on memoir writing alongside USC students, facilitating empathy and new perspectives on prison.
Californians willing to fund prisoner rehabilitation to reduce overcrowding
The latest USC Dornsife/LA Times poll shows voters favor reducing sentences for low-level offenders, but oppose releasing prisoners if it will harm public safety.
Parole bill co-sponsored by USC project may help juveniles
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill co-sponsored by the Post-Conviction Justice Project at the USC Gould School of Law.
USC Gould students win parole for terminally ill inmate
After spending more than a decade fighting for the release of domestic abuse victim Glenda Virgil, USC Gould School of Law’s Post-Conviction Justice Project scored an important victory when Gov. Jerry Brown granted her parole.
California voters favor reducing sentences for nonviolent offenders, poll finds
California voters favor reducing sentences for people who commit low-level crimes in order to reduce the state’s prison population, but they oppose releasing prisoners if it will harm public safety, according to the latest USC Dornsife/LA Times Poll.
Aging behind bars
Aileen Hongo calls them ladies. This small act of politeness may seem like nothing to most people. But as she sits in a folding chair next to these women, Hongo recognizes that for many of them, even the most basic courtesies may be all that they will ever know.
Study to examine reintegration of women prisoners
Gretchen Heidemann, a doctoral student at the USC School of Social Work, has received a fellowship to further her research on how women successfully can transition from incarceration back into society.
Students Help Free Life-term Prisoner
The Post-Conviction Justice Project at USC Law recently prevailed in a defining case for the California parole system for longtime client Sandra Davis-Lawrence.
Cherry Short Joins Prison Rehab Team
USC School of Social Work professor will take part in the governor’s efforts to overhaul California’s corrections program.