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Crime and Justice News
Nov 3, 20231 min read
California Could Pay Heavy Fines In Prison Mental Health Case
The state of California will soon know if it will be forced to pay millions of dollars in fines for not having enough mental health staff...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 30, 20232 min read
New Oklahoma Prisons Unit Aims To Give Inmates A Voice
At the end of an inmate council meeting at an Oklahoma prison, Jacob Watson was eager to talk about how encouraged he felt after seeing...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 27, 20231 min read
Mississippi Prison Guards Sentenced for Beating of Prisoner
Three former officers at the Mississippi Department of Corrections were each sentenced to a few years of prison time for punching and...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 26, 20232 min read
A California Prison Guard Accused of 96 Counts of Sexual Abuse
A former prison guard at the Central California Women’s Facility is in jail after being charged with 96 counts of sexual abuse, including...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 24, 20232 min read
Judge Fines CA $50M For Failing To Give Inmates Mental Health Aid
A judge has levied more than $50 million in fines against California for failing to correct a chronic shortage of mental health providers...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 18, 20231 min read
WA Indigenous People Incarcerated At Rate Six Times More Than Whites
Washington state has imprisoned Indigenous people at more than six times the rate of white people, News From The States reports. That’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 17, 20232 min read
S.D. Prison System To Take Over Commissary With Inmate Help
Prison inmates in South Dakota who want to buy almost anything outside of their state-furnished three meals a day can order only from one...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 13, 20232 min read
'Recidiviz' Says 250,000 Might Win Earlier Prison, Parole Release
Few people who about someone “stuck in prison” are likely to wonder how a data system could have let that happen. A shockingly large...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 12, 20232 min read
Despite Progress, 1 In 5 Black Men Born In 2001 Face Imprisonment
After a massive, four-decade-long buildup of incarceration disproportionately impacting people of color, a reform movement has made...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 12, 20232 min read
No Affordable Solutions To Fix Lack of A/C in Florida Prisons
Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Ricky Dixon told state lawmakers Wednesday that 75 percent of all housing units in Florida’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 11, 20232 min read
Federal Prison Won't Let Inmate See Article On Correction Officer Abuse
A federal prison blocked an incarcerated Reason subscriber from receiving an issue whose cover story showed how the Bureau of Prisons...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 10, 20232 min read
Judge Approves Closure of Washington State Prison
Larch Corrections Center in Washington will close Tuesday, despite efforts by the union representing employees to keep the minimum...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 5, 20232 min read
U.N. Panel Charges 'Shocking' Rights Violations In U.S. Prisons
A United Nations-appointed panel issued a report documenting “shocking” violations of basic human rights and pointing to “staggering”...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 4, 20232 min read
PA Inmates Challenge Conditions In Solitary Confinement Units
A lawsuit filed by civil rights groups against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections made complaints about an indefinite solitary...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 27, 20232 min read
CA Man Exonerated With DNA Evidence After Three Decades in Prison
After a California man spent nearly three decades in prison for kidnapping, sexual assault and robbery convictions, new DNA testing has...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 25, 20231 min read
One Fourth Of Federal Prison Deaths Happen At N.C. Facility
Records obtained from the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) show at least 4,950 people died in its custody over roughly the past decade. Although...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 25, 20231 min read
GA Prison Worker Corruption Found In News Investigation
Wave after wave of Georgia prison employees have become criminals themselves — smuggling in contraband or allowing others to do it and at...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 20, 20232 min read
After Falling During Pandemic, Prison, Jail Numbers Rose Last Year
The number of prisoners across the U.S. increased 2% last year, from 1,205,100 to 1,230,100, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 19, 20232 min read
Will Corizon Prison Creditors Be Paid Via Complex Bankruptcy Plan?
More than 100 people argue the medical care they received from Corizon Health Inc. while incarcerated was negligent, or worse, and are...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 15, 20231 min read
Captured Killer Cavalcante Moved To Maximum-Security PA Facility
Murderer Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from a Pennsylvania county jail last month, has been moved to S.C.I. Phoenix, a maximum-security...
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