Six Years After Settlement, L.A. Jail Inmates Lack Mental Treatment
Inmates with serious mental illnesses in Los Angeles County jails continue to suffer in isolation and with little treatment, more than...
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Jan 18, 20222 min read
Length of Stays In Jail Steadily Increased Over Last Decade
With many places facing large backlogs of court cases because of COVID-related shutdowns, counties are taking a new look at ways to...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 13, 20222 min read
Amid Disorder, Judge Releases Rikers Island 'Fight Night' Inmate
The men had got along in New York City's Rikers Island jail complex and had even been friendly, but now they were face to face in a jail...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 12, 20221 min read
200 Rikers Jail Inmates Protest Poor Conditions, Decline Meal Service
About 200 detainees at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex continued a protest Tuesday, unusual in its size and organization,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 4, 20222 min read
Staff 'Panic Attacks' At Philadelphia Jails, 600 Employees Short
When Heather Malloy could not face another 16-hour workday at the Philadelphia Department of Prisons, she paid a coworker $20 per shift...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 4, 20221 min read
Charges Dropped Against Epstein Prison Guards Who Falsified Records
A judge ordered charges dropped against two federal Bureau of Prisons guards who admitted falsifying records after Jeffrey Epstein took...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 3, 20222 min read
Retiring Sheriff Laments Lack Of Aid for Mentally Ill Jail Inmates
Dana Lawhorne, retiring sheriff of Alexandria, Va., remembers the bad police officers who wouldn’t come in to his family’s house when he...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 31, 20212 min read
Rikers Retrospective: "Decades of Mismanagement and Dysfunction"
The violence and disorder at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex stems from years of mismanagement that allowed power to shift to...
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