An estimated 60 percent of those leaving prison are unemployed a year later. But after a push for “second-chance hiring,” some programs show promise.
Category: Prisons and Prisoners
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Elizabeth Holmes Set to Report to Prison Tuesday in Texas
The disgraced founder of the blood testing start-up Theranos, who was convicted of fraud, is expected to report to a minimum-security prison in Texas.
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Lonely Cry for Action as China Locks Up Japanese Citizens on Spy Charges
Hideji Suzuki says Japan failed him during his six years in a Chinese prison. China’s recent arrest of a Japanese citizen is again testing Tokyo’s resolve.
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Once the Prince of Tennis and a Prison Inmate, Boris Becker Starts Again
Becker, who is featured in a new documentary, is beginning a third act after serving eight months in prison. “I’m sort of in late summer, fall of my life,” he said.
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Wells Fargo’s Carrie Tolstedt Pleads Guilty and Faces Prison
The New York Times – Business:Carrie L. Tolstedt, who ran the bank’s retail branches, faces up to 16 months in prison for obstructing a bank examination.
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Gary Glitter Is Back in Prison After Violating Probation Terms
The New York Times – Music:The singer was released from prison last month after serving half of a 16-year sentence for sexually abusing three young girls decades ago.
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Gary Glitter Is Released From Prison After Serving Half of His Sentence
The New York Times – Business:The disgraced former glam rock singer was found guilty in 2015 of sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s. He had been given a 16-year sentence.
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A Florida Judge Finds a New Job: Defending an Inmate
The New York Times – Business:In a coda to the wrongful-conviction podcast “Bone Valley,” Judge Scott Cupp says he’ll step down to spring a man serving a life sentence for murder.
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Sam Bankman-Fried Agrees to Be Extradited to the US
The New York Times – Business:The disgraced FTX founder, who has been in a Bahamas prison for the past week, agreed to be sent to the United States, following a confusing day in court.
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An Open Letter to Welcome Home Brittney Griner
The New York Times – Sports:When Griner was imprisoned in Russia, letters were her main form of communication with home. Our columnist offers one last letter to mark her return to the United States.
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With Brittney Griner’s Release, Anxiety turns to Relief
The New York Times – Sports:Supporters of the W.N.B.A. star had watched with dismay as her situation appeared to worsen over the summer. Now they are celebrating her release.