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Crime and Justice News
Jun 4, 20242 min read
Inmates In Nearby Ohio Jails Face Differing Treatment Practices
The distance between life and death for people arrested and sent to jail in Ohio can depend on the location and county. Ohio has 181...
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Crime and Justice News
May 24, 20242 min read
Death Toll Rises At Georgia Clayton County Jail
On May 15, a detainee in Georgia's Clayton County Jail passed away while in custody, marking the sixth death in 2024 at the facility,...
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Crime and Justice News
May 24, 20242 min read
Woman Dies in Harford County Jail During Detox; Sheriff Silent
This month, a woman grappling with fentanyl addiction passed away at the Harford County Detention Center. She had been deemed a "danger...
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Crime and Justice News
May 15, 20242 min read
Arkansas Lawmakers Question Sheriff On Netflix Documentary Shot In Jail
Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday raised questions about a sheriff’s decision to allow a Netflix documentary series to be filmed at the...
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Crime and Justice News
May 14, 20242 min read
Family Visits Ended After Tech Firm Struck Video Deal With Jails
Last fall, the children in Flint, Mich., were blocked from seeing their parents at the Genesee County Jail. In 2012, a company called...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 26, 20241 min read
Jail in Louisiana Refuses to Take the 17-Year-Olds Now Deemed Adults
The state of Louisiana recently lowered the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 17. Under that new state law, 17-year-olds can no...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 23, 20242 min read
CA Jail Inmates Not Entitled To Salaries, State High Court Rules
The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that county jail inmates are not entitled to be paid minimum wage and overtime or...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 19, 20241 min read
Years of Jail-Reduction Reforms Yield Little: Prison Policy Initiative
In a followup to a 2017 state-by-state study of local jail populations, the Prison Policy Initiative found that little has changed after...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 9, 20241 min read
Young Inmates Say NYC Jails Not Providing Required Education
New York City inmates claim that city jails are violating an eight-year-old court order mandating access to education for incarcerated...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 9, 20241 min read
Family Says Feliciano's Brain Damage Left Him 'Like a Baby'
Last week, the city of New York announced that it would pay Nicholas Feliciano’s family a record-breaking $28.7 million settlement for...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 9, 20241 min read
Poor Conditions in Camden Jail Defy White House Praise
For two days, Morgan Neilio, incarcerated at the Camden County Correctional Facility, did not have toilet paper. Neilio scrounged other...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 4, 20242 min read
Lacking Mental Health Aid, NC Jails Face 'Capacity Crisis'
Across North Carolina, more than 200 people with serious mental illnesses are waiting in jail for a bed in a state psychiatric hospital...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Orleans Sheriff: New Louisiana Laws Have Unforeseen Effects
The jail in New Orleans will likely balloon in population and faces other grave hurdles as it tries to comply with a barrage of new state...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 27, 20242 min read
New Report Shows Women in Jail Face Barriers to Abortion
A new report reviews how jails in Illinois provide reproductive care and found that fewer than one-third of the state’s jails have...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 26, 20241 min read
What Is Causing An Increase In Deaths At The LA County Jail?
Though the number of people imprisoned in Los Angeles County is roughly a third less today than what it was a decade ago, the annual...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 25, 20242 min read
Deaths in N.C. Jails Are Decreasing, Remain Historically High
Jail deaths in North Carolina dropped significantly last year, the first reduction in seven years. Investigations of the deaths, whether...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 22, 20241 min read
Lack of Buses Keeps Los Angeles Inmates From Court Appearances
Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails are unable to attend their court appearances due to a shortage of...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 13, 20242 min read
LA Jail Reform Contract With Biometrics Giant Raises Concerns
In November of 2020, voters in Los Angeles passed a measure that would amend the LA County charter so that jailing people before trial...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 5, 20241 min read
Alabama Jail Inmate Dies Of Hypothermia In 'Freezer'
An Alabama inmate with "serious mental and psychiatric needs" was placed in a concrete drunk tank known as "the freezer" before he died...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 23, 20241 min read
New Jails Don't Address Policy, Can Lead to 'Buyer's Remorse'
Emmett Sanders, who does advocacy and policy work for the Prison Policy Initiative argues in this opinion piece that, often, policy...
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