prison reform

October 27, 2014

Piper Kerman, Author of ‘Orange Is The New Black’

October 24, 2014 - Segment 2 - Listen to my live interview with Piper Kerman, whose best-selling memoir of her time in prison, Orange is the New Black, is the basis for the popular television series of the same name. Kerman will be speaking at Center Stage in Baltimore on Monday as part of the Open Society Institute-Baltimore's Big Change event.
May 20, 2013

Higher-Than-Average Rate Of Inmate Abuse In MD Prison: What Would Real Reform Take?

May 20, 2013 - Segment 1 - According to a Department of Justice study released last week, the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup has higher-than-average rates of inmate abuse with nearly 13 percent of inmates at that facility reported being abused either by a fellow inmate or staff member.