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5 days ago2 min read
St. Louis Demolishes 'Workhouse' Jail, 'Not Fit For Human Beings'
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and community activists kicked off demolition of the medium-security jail known as the City Workhouse on...
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Crime and Justice News
7 days ago2 min read
Sacramento County Pays $3.5M For Death Of Mentally Ill Homeless Man
Sacramento County agreed to pay $3.5 million to the family of a mentally ill homeless man who died last year in the booking area of the...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 262 min read
Family Sues San Diego Jail Over Brutal In-Custody Murder
After pressing a panic button multiple times to try to summon deputies to his cell, a man was tortured and murdered by a fellow inmate in...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 262 min read
Family Sues San Diego Jail Over Brutal In-Custody Murder
After pressing a panic button multiple times to try to summon deputies to his cell, a man was tortured and murdered by a fellow inmate in...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 142 min read
How Philadelphia 'Brotherhood' Helps Bail Out Defendants
Unable to post bail, Elijah Peterson, 30, awoke in a Philadelphia jail cell longing to go home. He prayed, “Please, Allah, get me out of...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 132 min read
New Data: Unhoused People Tracked at Intake in 20% of Local Jails
Homeless people are most often arrested for property crimes, often trespassing, and more likely to be 55 years and over. But data within...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 282 min read
Mentally Ill MO Jail Inmates Wait 14 Months To Get State Hospital Bed
For nearly a year and a half, a woman has been languishing in Missouri's Greene County jail, waiting to be transferred to a state mental...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 162 min read
Rape, Crime Rampant Within South Carolina Jail, DOJ Investigators Say
Federal investigators delineated this week, in a scathing e 36-page report , how the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, a large jail in...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 152 min read
Wyoming Sheriffs Want Help From The State In Housing Mentally Ill
Wyoming sheriffs for years have been frustrated with the amount of time they’re holding inmates in their jails after judges order them...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 142 min read
ACLU Asks Maine To Free Jail Inmates Until Counsel Is Available
After a judge found Maine guilty of failing to provide defense lawyers to people who can’t afford it, them, American Civil Liberties...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 42 min read
Atlanta's County Jail Agrees With DOJ To Fix Poor Conditions
The U.S. Justice Department has entered into a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s most populous county after finding that...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 30, 20242 min read
As More Inmates Learn Computer Coding, Can They Get Jobs?
A joint MIT-Georgetown University coding class for inmates is held at Washington, D.C.'s Correctional Treatment Facility, one of two...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 27, 20242 min read
Health Firm Wellpath, Plagued With Wrongful Death Suits, Is Bankrupt
Dozens of wrongful death, personal injury and medical negligence lawsuits filed by prisoners and their families are being delayed because...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 24, 20242 min read
California Deputies Missed Red Flags Prior To Detainee Hanging Himself In Cell
Newly released videos and reports provide further evidence that sheriff’s deputies in Riverside County missed signs that a murder suspect...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 17, 20241 min read
Louisiana Looks To Build New Detention Centers, Jails
Local governments in Louisiana have submitted applications to a criminal justice funding commission requesting more than $500 million in...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 3, 20241 min read
1.2 Million People Are Jailed More Than Once A Year, Survey Finds
About 650,000 inmates sit in local jails around the U.S. each day. A new publication of the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI),...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 25, 20242 min read
D.C. Jail Inmates Win Debate With Students Over Life Without Parole
Harold Cunningham was imprisoned up more than three decades ago and told he would never be released after committing a string of armed...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 15, 20242 min read
DOJ Finds Pests, Rampant Violence in Fulton County Jail
In a civil rights investigation launched after the death of a 35-year-old man found to have suffered extreme neglect at Atlanta's Fulton...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 13, 20241 min read
Minnesota To Pay $3.4M Settlement In Detainee Death Case
Hennepin County, Minnesota’s most populous county, will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged jail workers ignored the pleas...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 6, 20242 min read
Philadelphia Releases 100 Jail Inmates Amid Staffing Shortage
One hundred people incarcerated in Philadelphia’s jails awaiting trial have been released as part of an effort to reduce the city’s jail...
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