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Crime and Justice News
Jul 10, 20242 min read
Death in California Prison Raise Alarms Amid Brutal Heatwave
An incarcerated person at California’s largest women’s prison has died amid a brutal heatwave that has left residents without air...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 9, 20241 min read
DOJ Files Statement Backing Suit By Alabama Prisoners
The U.S. Department of Justice, having sued Alabama over prison conditions, filed a statement in a lawsuit brought by inmates alleging...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 3, 20242 min read
Court Case May Speed Releases Of First Step Inmates
The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is still trying to implement the First Step Act (FSA) more than five years after the legislation was...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 3, 20242 min read
LA Fails To Protect 'Farm Line' Inmates From Heat, Judge Says
The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola must consider the “human health and safety” needs of prisoners who toil for pennies an hour...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 3, 20242 min read
Wisconsin Hired Many Censured Doctors To Work In Prisons
Wisconsin inmate Darnell Price watched a golf-ball-size lump on his thigh grow as large as a football in 2021. The prison’s physician,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 1, 20242 min read
Private Prison Firms Expect Gains As States Toughen Prison Sentences
Private prison companies are celebrating as states nationwide adopt stricter sentencing laws, anticipating an increase in prison...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 1, 20242 min read
MO Prison Guards Charged With Killing Inmate in 'George Floyd 3.0'
Four Missouri prison guards were charged with murder, and a fifth with accessory to involuntary manslaughter, in the December death of a...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 28, 20242 min read
Sexual Abuse Survivors At California Prison Seek Compassionate Release
The federal prison FCI Dublin in Northern California saw employees prey on prisoners for years in a pervasive culture dubbed "the rape...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 24, 20242 min read
GA Corrections Department Gets Award For Concealing Information
A commitment to keeping the public in the dark about what’s happening in Georgia’s prisons has earned the Georgia Department of...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 24, 20242 min read
WI Families Call Phone, Video Contact With Inmates Unreliable
When you’re locked up in prison, talking someone you care about takes on new significance. It may be one of the only things to look...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 21, 20242 min read
Judge Finds New York State Prisons Violate Solitary Confinement Law
New York’s state prison system has been holding inmates in solitary confinement for too long, in violation of state law, a state judge...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 21, 20241 min read
Court Blocks Policy Requiring Clean-Shaven Correctional Officers
The United States scored a victory in a battle over facial-hair religious exemptions for California correctional officers, as the feds...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 20, 20242 min read
Louisiana Prisoners Seek To Stop Forced Farm Labor In Extreme Heat
This week, attorneys for prisoners at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the nation's largest maximum security prison, urged a...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 13, 20242 min read
Survey Backs Abortion Services For Incarcerated Women
An estimated 58,000 pregnant women enter U.S. correctional facilities each year, including many presumed innocent while awaiting trial....
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 11, 20241 min read
Florida Seeks New Leads In Cold Cases Via Playing Cards To Inmates
Florida officials are reviving an old initiative to solve cold cases by distributing thousands of playing cards in jails and prisons,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 10, 20242 min read
Lawmakers Propose To Limit Long 'Supervised Releases'
When Daniel Brown was released from federal prison in 2020 15 years into a 42-year sentence for drug and firearm possession offenses, he...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 7, 20241 min read
Charges Renew Call to Close Shawshank-like Prison
Wisconsin’s oldest prison has long been a target for closure amid concerns about deterioration, extended lockdowns and staffing...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 6, 20242 min read
Former Wisconsin Prison Warden, Staff Charged In Inmate Deaths
The former warden and eight other workers at a long-troubled maximum-security prison in Wisconsin were charged Wednesday in connection...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 3, 20242 min read
Many U.S. Inmates In Custody Too Long Under First Step, Critics Say
The Trump-era First Step Act has allowed thousands of nonviolent federal offenders to leave prison sooner than originally expected, but...
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Crime and Justice News
May 28, 20242 min read
U.S. Considers Prison Social Media Ban, Concerning Inmates
A proposed U.S. prison rule change may penalize inmates for social media use or soliciting it, cutting off a crucial connection to the...
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