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Louisiana DOC could grant earlier release to terminally ill people

Louisiana lawmakers are considering a proposal to expand medical parole, allowing terminally ill inmates to be released up to 120 days before their expected deaths. [...] Read More...

Prisons – Prisoner’s sentence is reduced yet again

Kareem Allen Shaw’s sentence was further reduced to 175 months by the western district of virginia due to changes in career offender guidelines. The post Prisons – Prisoner’s sente...

Commutations in Wisconsin: A Rare Opportunity for Relief

Gov. Tony Evers announced the creation of an executive commutation process, the first opportunity in 25 years for prisoners in Wisconsin. Evan McCarthy reviews what we know about t...

Women's Clemency Initiative - A Report on Liberating Long-Serving Women

Women's Clemency Initiative - A Report on Liberating Long-Serving Women jkrieg@afsc.org Tue, 05/05/2026 - 11:52 Featured Image Image...

Evers’ commutation orders trigger sense of urgency for people in prison, advocates 

Gov. Tony Evers issued two executive orders this month that make the commutation of prison sentences available again in Wisconsin. Executive Order 287, creating the Governor’s Comm...

Compassion Center, the National Coalition for Patient Rights and Stormy Ray Cardholders Foundation Launch National De-Sc...

Campaign supports formal federal descheduling petition to protect patients from future federal criminal penalties, calls for volunteers, donations and personal stories, and directs...

Sherry Reams, Mark Rice, Joyce Ellwanger and Harlan Richards: Wisconsin clemency debate: Who deserves a second chance?

Wisconsin leaders are debating who in prison should qualify for clemency. A one-size-fits-all approach risks ignoring rehabilitation and growth with age.

Susan Stanton, Alvin Thomas and David Pate: Commuting Wisconsin life prison sentences needs reentry process

For prisoners who demonstrate rehabilitation and growth, new orders create an opportunity for a second chance. But more reforms are needed to ensure people who are released are not...

Opinion: After decades in prison, who deserves a chance at clemency?

Diddy requesting immediate release in appeal hearing

Sean Combs' attorneys are challenging his 50-month federal prison sentence, calling it a “perversion of justice.”

Judge grants early release of man convicted of assaulting Boardman officer

Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas Judge Maureen Sweeney granted judicial release for Damian Cessna. The remainder of his sentence is suspended, according to a judgment entry in...

Commutations are back. Here’s what incarcerated people and their loved ones should know.

Diddy requesting immediate release in appeal hearing

Sean Combs' attorneys are challenging his 50-month federal prison sentence, calling it a “perversion of justice.”

How Evers' plan to issue commutations works

Gov. Tony Evers is creating an advisory panel to recommend commutations, a ‘form of executive clemency that reduces an individual’s punishment — most often by shortening a prison s...

Diddy requesting immediate release in appeal hearing

Sean Combs' attorneys are challenging his 50-month federal prison sentence, calling it a “perversion of justice.”

After 25 years, Gov. Evers announces commutations will be available in Wisconsin

Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday that he had signed two executive orders to begin offering commutations, a reduction of a criminal sentence by the governor’s authority to grant cle...

Open Letter to A-G Michelle Rowland: Mercy for David McBride

Dear Attorney-General Rowland,This letter concerns the continued imprisonment of David McBride a man who has exhausted every legal avenue available to him, and whose case now turns...

Criminal – Second motion for sentence reduction is denied

The 4th Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Christopher Smith's second motion for sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) in EDVA. The post Criminal – Second...

Cuba announces release of over 2,000 prisoners amid US pressure

Cuba announced that it will release 2,010 prisoners as part of a pardon approved under Article 90(II) of the country’s Constitution. The government described the release as a human...

New Wisconsin law aims to improve health of incarcerated people re-entering society 

Under a bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Tony Evers, Wisconsin will seek health care coverage from the federal government for certain services for incarcerated people.  A statement fr...

Oklahoma judge allows former death row prisoner to be released on bond while awaiting retrial

The decision clears the way for Richard Glossip, 63, to leave a lockup for the first time since his arrest nearly 30 years ago over a 1997 killing that put him on the brink of exec...

Should veterans get a ‘second look’ at long prison sentences after military service?

California allows veterans to petition courts to consider their military service under "second look" resentencing. Advocates say other states should, too. The post Should veterans...

Former Oklahoma death row inmate granted bond after nearly 3 decades of incarceration

Oklahoma District Judge Natalie Mai on Thursday ordered former death row inmate Richard Glossip to be released from prison for the first time in 29 years while awaiting a retrial....

Cuba Says It Is Pardoning More Than 2,000 Prisoners

The Cuban government said the releases were a humanitarian gesture during Holy Week. It was not clear if they were related to ongoing negotiations between Cuba and the United State...