Browsing: prison reform

Women identifying themselves as inmates at Mazatlán’s El Castillo prison say men are sharing their housing unit. After violence left 12 people dead, their handwritten petition demands separation and safety. Mica Treviño examines the complaint, the government’s response and the state’s responsibility to protect people held inside its prison walls.

From inside USP Coleman II, Edgar Valdez-Villarreal, known as La Barbie, shares a message about something rarely heard from federal prison: change. In this statement, he reflects on Deputy Director Josh Smith, rehabilitation, and what he describes as a real effort to reward discipline, accountability, and the possibility of redemption.