The Florida Department of Corrections now bans people in prison from receiving traditional mail, such as greeting cards and handwritten letters, requiring that it be scanned and sent electronically, with few exceptions. The department says the change was made to reduce contraband from entering facilities, but Denise Rock, executive director of Florida Cares Charity Corp., sees it as choosing to punish the estimated 80,000 people in prison for an offense that affects less than 1% of the prison population. Rock said the department is taking away important intangibles, such as being able to hold and smell the paper a loved one has written on, "or touch the colors of the crayons that your child wrote a card to you. .
Maryland could become the second state in the nation to provide specific support for the health and well-being of incarcerated people who are pregnant and their newborns. In the next General Assembly, a bill will recommend community-based alternatives to jail or prison for pregnant women with nonviolent offenses, for up to one year after the birth. Current Maryland law requires separating an incarcerated mother and infant after two to three days. .
BALTIMORE With Maryland s General Assembly session set to start next month, a new proposed bill aims to help nonviolent offenders continue in their caretaking roles after sentencing. Sponsored by Del. Lesley Lopez, D-Montgomery, and Sen. .
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Maryland lawmakers voted this week to repeal the governor s ability to reject parole decisions for people serving life sentences, taking itself off a list of just three states where governors have that power. Monica Cooper, executive director of the Maryland Justice Project, said for years, state delegates have put forward legislation to end the practice, which disproportionately impacted African Americans. .
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