Once more, scandal has rocked the Maryland Department of Corrections. On October 5, Federal prosecutors indicted 80 individuals including 18 #correctional officers of participating in a conspiracy to smuggle drugs, cellphones, and other contraband into the Eastern Correctional prison. #Eastern Correctional Institution, Maryland’s largest state prison, has almost 3400 inmates. With the 18 correctional officers, […]
Archive | October, 2016
The Media is Silent–National Prison Strike
Why is the media silent about the national #prison strike? For almost four weeks, almost all of the media has ignored the first national inmate strike that started on September 9th. Where are the reports on national television news or the stories in our newspapers and magazines about the inmate’s strike? The activists in 20 […]