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3 days ago1 min read
Trump Trans Prisoner Orders Will Be ‘Life-Threatening,’ Experts Warn
On the first day of his second presidential term, Donald Trump issued a series of sweeping executive orders that severely restricted...
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Crime and Justice News
4 days ago2 min read
Federal Prison Chief Peters Leaves As Trump Takes Office
Colette Peters resigned as director of the federal Bureau of Prisons after 30 months on the job just as President Trump was inaugurated...
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Crime and Justice News
6 days ago2 min read
Paroled Sick Inmates Stay In Prison As Nursing Homes Refuse Them
New York state granted parole to Westil Gonzalez, who suffered from multiple sclerosis after serving 33 years in prison for murder. Six...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 152 min read
Former California Prison Guard Convicted Of 64 Sexual Abuse Charges
Gregory Rodriguez, a former California women’s prison correctional officer, who was at the center of one of the state’s largest prison...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 152 min read
Prison Violence A 'Pervasive Crisis,' Reports Find
Two new reports spearheaded by the Prison Violence Consortium that examine correction systems in seven states suggest that violence in...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 142 min read
PA Prison Cuts Violence By Adopting Scandinavian Approach
A Pennsylvania prison is testing a new approach that gives inmates more autonomy and encourages corrections staff to converse with those...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 132 min read
State Lawmakers To Discuss More Prison, Jail Oversight Measures
Rampant sexual abuse by guards at women’s prisons in California. An inmate suicide that went unnoticed for 18 hours in Washington...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 132 min read
Virginia Paying $1.6M To Prisoners Held Beyond Release Dates
Virginia has agreed to pay nearly $1.6 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of more than 50 people who were held in...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 102 min read
North Carolina Tries To Reduce Prison Health Care Costs
About 31,000 North Carolina prisoners racked up a $357.4 million bill for health care in fiscal year 2021-2022, an expenditure that...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 102 min read
Missouri Prison Warden, Supervisor Fired Amid Contraband Problems
The warden and a top supervisor at the Missouri's South Central Correctional Center in Licking have been replaced amid allegations...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 31, 20241 min read
U.S. Prison Population Rose 2% Last Year After Dropping 21% In Decade
The U.S. prison population totalled 1,254,200 at year-end 2023, a 2% increase from 2022's 1,230,100, says the U.S. Bureau of Justice...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 31, 20242 min read
NY Prison Getting New Leader After Inmate Was Beaten, Killed
A New York prison where an man was beaten to death by corrections officers will get a new superintendent, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 29, 20241 min read
NY Prison System To Fire 13 Officers After Inmate Is Beaten To Death
New York corrections officers pummeled a shackled inmate in a state prison hours before he died this month, showed body-camera footage...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 24, 20241 min read
After Fatal Beating of NY Inmate, Gov. Kathy Hochul Orders Firing of 14 Prison Workers
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York ordered that 13 corrections officers and a prison nurse be fired after the fatal Dec. 10 beating of inmate...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 21, 20242 min read
Alabama Gets $250M From Inmate Private Labor; Few Are Paroled
A storm loomed when Alabama inmate Jake Jones, serving 20 years for armed robbery, was assigned to drive six fellow prisoners to jobs at...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 20, 20242 min read
First Step Act Released Inmates Had 55% Lower Recidivism Rate
The 2018 First Step Act (FSA) was designed to reduce reoffending among people leaving federal prisons. Some 44,673 people were released...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 18, 20242 min read
U.S. Paying Nearly $116M To Women Abused At Closed California Prison
The U.S. government will pay nearly $116 million to resolve lawsuits brought by more than 100 women who say they were abused or...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Extensive Abuse Alleged At Federal Prison In Virginia
At Lee federal prison in western Virginia there is a pervasive culture of racism and violence in the prison’s Special Housing Unit, a...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 9, 20242 min read
Prison Bureau Acknowledges Staff Inmate Abuse, Accepts Monitor
A settlement after rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse will force the federal Bureau of Prisons to open its doors to a court-appointed...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 9, 20242 min read
California Asks Court To Void $130M Fine In Inmate Mental Health Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held hearings Friday in a decadeslong class action focused on mental health care for...
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