A guiding light for the newly released - WNBC 4 New York Interview with Donna Hylton

The U.S. spends billions to lock people up, but very little to help them once they’re released

Second Chance Efforts Must Center Incarcerated Women Who Never Had a First Chance - By Donna Hylton

When Women Speak About Abuse

To the Editor: Re “Bronx Shelters’ Boss Rose Despite Claims of Abuse” (front page, Feb. 7):

When you lock up a woman, you lock up families and communities, Hylton said. Prison Policy Initiative, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and advocacy organization, found that 80 percent of women in jails are mothers. Hylton hopes the Biden administration will help break the cycle — the population of women behind bars has increased more than 700 percent since 1980.

Our best weapon in the fight against the coronavirus is social distancing, but it can be difficult — if not impossible — for people who live in prisons that now face some of the highest COVID-19 rates in the country. One in five prisoners has contracted the disease. Cheddar Senior Reporter Michelle Castillo took a closer look at the situation incarcerated people are facing during the pandemic.