National Jail Population Increased Last Year After A Pandemic Drop
The nation's jails had 663,000 inmates as of mid-2022, 4% more than a year earlier, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reported on...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Poor West Virginia Jail System Conditions Improving, Officials Say
Issues in West Virginia’s jail system — which have led to lawsuits alleging that inmates are subject to inhumane conditions — have been...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 12, 20231 min read
Indiana Family Settles For $7.25 Million Over Jail Death
The family of a man who died after he was locked in solitary confinement for 20 days, suffered a mental health crisis and lost 22% of his...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 6, 20232 min read
Nearly 500 Lawsuits Allege Sexual Abuse At Rikers Island Over Decades
Of the more than 2,500 lawsuits filed under a special New York law, nearly 20% allege sexual violence against current or former prisoners...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 5, 20231 min read
New York AG Joins Calls for Federal Takeover After Rikers Inmate Death
New York Attorney General Letitia James is calling for the federal takeover of Rikers Island following a recent death, Gothamist reports....
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 5, 20231 min read
San Mateo Inmates Fight Back Against Ban on Physical Mail
Multiple inmates incarcerated in Redwood City, California jails claim the county violated their First Amendment Rights by banning...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 20, 20232 min read
U.S. Backs Federal Takeover Of Troubled NYC Rikers Jail
Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor and lawyers for people detained in the Rikers Island jail complex asked a judge to take the rare step...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 17, 20231 min read
New DOJ Center Will Assist Local Jails With Safety And Standards
The U.S. Justice Department launched the Jails and Justice Support Center (JJSC), meant to assist jail administrators in improving safety...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 15, 20231 min read
Recorded Prison Calls Lead to Arrest of Grandmother in Killing-for-Hire Case
Recorded jail-phone calls led to the arrests of Donna Sue Adelson, 73, at the Miami International Airport. Adelson, 73, a woman...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 15, 20231 min read
Two Oldest Wisconsin Prisons To Ease Lockdown Restrictions
After staff shortfalls and overcrowding that left prisoners spending months on lockdown, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Department of...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 14, 20232 min read
L.A. County Jail Violence Exposed In Surveillance Videos
In one video, a jailer kneels on an inmate’s neck. In another, two deputies slam a man’s head into a wall. In yet another, two jailers...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 10, 20231 min read
Investigation Finds Undercounting Of Deaths In Pennsylvania Jails
A six-month investigation by PennLive and the Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism that there is severe undercounting of deaths...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 8, 20232 min read
Half Of Americans Think Death Penalty Is Unfairly Applied
More Americans think the death penalty is applied unfairly as opposed to fairly, the first time that this Gallup polling result has...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 7, 20232 min read
Right-Wing Think Tank To Give Award To California Sheriff Under Investigation For Jail Deaths
California sheriff Chad Bianco, a former member of two far-right “patriot movement” groups, will be given the 2023 Sheriff Award by the...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 6, 20232 min read
Georgia Panel Launches Probe Into Atlanta's Fulton County Jail
A Georgia state Senate subcommittee launched its own investigation into Atlanta's Fulton County Jail after the U.S. Department of Justice...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 3, 20232 min read
DOJ Investigates S.C. Jails Where Inmates Died Violently
Two South Carolina jails where inmates have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars are under federal...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 31, 20232 min read
Last Operating U.S. Prison Ship Set To Close In New York City
Docked in the shallows off an industrial edge of the New York City's South Bronx, the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center is a five-story...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 25, 20232 min read
New Legislation Would Give Colorado AG County Jail Oversight
Pending legislation would give the Colorado Attorney General’s Office the ability to inspect and investigate complaints against county...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 18, 20232 min read
Judge Says Long-Term Jail Inmates Entitled To 15 Minutes Of Sunlight
A federal judge ruled in favor of California jail inmate who suffered from denial of sunlight access, Courthouse News Service reports....
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 17, 20231 min read
Four Georgia Inmates At Large After Escaping Jail
Four inmates, including a murder suspect, are at large after escaping a central Georgia jail through a damaged window and a cut fence,...
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