by Editor | Dec 14, 2018 | Editorial
December 14, 2018 By The Rt. Rev. Kirk S. Smith, Bishop of Arizona I began this Advent season with a visit to the women’s prison at Perryville, about 20 miles west of Phoenix. This was my second trip to worship with these women. There are about 4,000 inmates there,...
by Editor | Dec 12, 2018 | Food, News
Originally published on AUG. 4, 2018 by David Reutter published in Prison Legal News August, 2018, page 1 by David M. Reutter Excerpt from full article … In early July 2017, a group of women incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville...
by Editor | Dec 10, 2018 | Smoking
Originally published on AUG. 2, 2016 by Christopher Zoukis published in Prison Legal News August, 2016, page 40 “Tobacco use and secondhand smoke kill over 480,000 people in the United States annually. The mortality rate of smokers is three times higher than...
by Editor | Dec 10, 2018 | Smoking
Originally published in Prison Legal News September, 1993, page 1 Donald McKinney was a Nevada state prisoner who filed a civil rights complaint against prison officials, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that his involuntary exposure to environmental tobacco...
by Editor | Dec 10, 2018 | Smoking
“Conclusions Smoking contributes to substantial mortality in prison, and prison tobacco control policies are associated with reduced mortality. These findings suggest that smoking bans have health benefits for people in prison, despite the limits they impose on...
