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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Apr 42 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 281 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 272 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 261 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 252 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 221 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 132 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 51 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 231 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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Crime and Justice News
Feb 81 min read
Chicago Jail Population Shrinks, Costs Of Running It Still High
The jail population in Chicago's Cook County has shrunk by more than half over the past decade, but the massive reduction hasn’t led to...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 242 min read
Two Men Escape From Arkansas Jail Prompting State Manhunt
Authorities on Tuesday were searching for two men who had escaped from a jail in Central Arkansas and were considered to be dangerous, in...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 111 min read
Families Of 215 People Buried Behind MS Jail Were Not Notified
A disturbing situation is unfolding in Jackson, Miss. Hundreds of unmarked graves were found, and the state is making families pay to...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 92 min read
Arrest Of New Orleans Jail Deputies For Smuggling Opiate Drug Signals Thriving Market Inside
The opioid epidemic has created an underground market inside the Orleans Parish jail for Suboxone, a prescription drug used to treat...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 82 min read
California County Facing Legal Action For Custody Deaths
Riverside County, Ca., is facing legal action after a 21-year-old woman committed suicide while in jail custody. A lawsuit filed by the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 41 min read
Decade-Long Battle Against New Orleans Jail Annex Draws to a Close
It may be the nation’s longest-running fight against the construction of a jail. To anti-incarceration advocates in New Orleans, the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 32 min read
Seattle Federal Jail Faces Staffing Crisis
Frank Coluccio had two hours of his shift to go at the federal detention center in SeaTac when he was given the news: “You’re being...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 27, 20232 min read
Houston Inmates Get Shipped Far Away To Lockups With Less Oversight In Response To Jail Overcrowding
Evan Lee had trouble getting the medication he needed for mental illness and other health issues after being booked into the Harris...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 20, 20232 min read
Are Jail Video Visits A Good Substitute For In-Person?
The holidays are all about trying to spend time with family, a hard thing to do when a family member is behind bars. And it's even harder...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 15, 20232 min read
Federal Judge Holds New York City in Contempt Over Rikers Jail Issues
A federal judge held New York City in contempt Thursday for failing to cooperate with the federal monitor tracking violence and uses of...
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