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Crime and Justice News
Oct 10, 20242 min read
Some Florida Jails And Prisons Evacuated Ahead Of Milton, But Many Incarcerated Remained In Storm's Path
Ahead of Hurricane Milton, thousands of inmates were evacuated from jails and prisons in Florida. But many weren’t, despite being in...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 10, 20241 min read
Tennessee Private Prison Company Has Paid Nearly $30m In Fines Since 2022
A private-prison company in Tennessee has paid more than $29.5 million in liquidated damages since 2022 for failing to meet state...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 10, 20242 min read
The Trans Woman Who Sued The Federal Prison System After Assault By Cellmate
When Ricki Mahkimetas first hit Grace Pinson's nose, she felt it crunch. Pinson is transgender, a woman with breasts and long curly hair...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 9, 20242 min read
Advocates Urge PA Justices To Cut Terms For Unintended Deaths
Sentencing people to die behind bars for murders they did not commit or intend is unconstitutionally cruel, the lawyer for a former...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 3, 20241 min read
Texas Prisons Endanger Public Safety Through Staffing Crisis and Outdated Recordkeeping, Report Finds
Texas is facing a dangerous staffing crisis in its sprawling prison, putting inmates and staff at risk, The Associated Press reports . A...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 3, 20242 min read
From Behind Bars, Some People Follow Elections Closely
Some prison advocates consider voting registration and the right to vote keys to a successful re-entry. For newly released people,...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 2, 20242 min read
DOJ Finds Serious Abuse In Georgia Prisons
The Justice Department unveiled findings Tuesday that critical understaffing and enablement of gangs in Georgia prisons subjects its...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 2, 20242 min read
New Jersey Prisons Violate Solitary Confinement Rules, Report Finds
New Jersey prison officials continue to violate the state’s law restricting the use of long-term solitary confinement, according to a new...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 30, 20242 min read
Activists Fight Inmate Book Bans With 'Prison Banned Books Week'
n recent years the issue of book bans has become a major story, often driven by socially conservative pressure groups, but nowhere has...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 27, 20241 min read
Inspectors Find Array of Problems at Busy Pennsylvania Federal Prison
A medium-security prison in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, one of the country’s busiest federal prisons, a transit point for 27,000 inmates a...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 27, 20241 min read
Systemic Sexual Abuse at Rikers Island Women’s Prison Revealed Through Adult Survivors Act Claims
While the City has faced lawsuits before over claims of guards raping detainees at Rosie’s, the women’s jail on Rikers Island, the issue...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 25, 20242 min read
Texans Mobilize To Empower Incarcerated Workers
Incarcerated workers aren’t considered “employees” under federal or state law, so they lack the rights to organize or collectively...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 20, 20242 min read
Texas Prisons Recruit Teens to Tackle Guard Shortage
A small but growing number of teenagers are taking jobs inside of Texas’ prisons and jails, which face persistent staffing shortages, The...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 18, 20242 min read
Tennessee Prison Official Charged In $123M Contract Bid Rigging Case
Federal prosecutors have charged a former Tennessee prison official and a former executive of a private contractor with conspiracy to...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 10, 20242 min read
Wife of California Inmate Wins $5.6M Settlement Over Strip Search
The spouse of a California prisoner will receive $5.6 million over a sexual violation that occurred during a strip search while...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 5, 20241 min read
DOJ Investigates Abuse Allegations At California Women’s Prisons
The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday that it has opened an investigation into allegations that correctional officers...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Are We Spending Too Much On Minimum Security Prisons?
Of the nearly 160,000 prisoners in federal custody in the United States, 24,000 of them are housed in minimum security facilities. Most...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 26, 20241 min read
OPINION: No Longer 'Half Slave, Half Free' - the 13th Amendment Expanded Slavery Across Nation
Though the Civil War dismantled the politics that pitted “slave states” against “free states,” the effect of the punishment-exception...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 22, 20242 min read
Georgia Inmates Use Drones to Smuggle Drugs into Prisons
Federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday that a network of current and former inmates in Georgia used drones to smuggle drugs and other...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 21, 20242 min read
Tennessee Prison Under Federal Investigation For Alleged Abuse
The Justice Department announced on Tuesday an investigation into a correctional facility near Nashville, following reports that...
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