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Crime and Justice News
Apr 3, 20242 min read
NY Inmates Sue To View Upcoming Eclipse
Inmates in New York are suing the state corrections department over the decision to lock down prisons during next Monday’s total solar...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 2, 20241 min read
'Excessive Punishment' Essays Critique Mass Incarceration
"Excessive Punishment: How the Justice System Creates Mass Incarceration" was published Tuesday by the Columbia University Press....
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 1, 20242 min read
How Prison Writer Prendergast Profiled Loneliest U.S. Inmate
At the end of his recent true crime story for the Denver-based Westword, which details the life of one of the loneliest U.S. prisoners,...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 1, 20242 min read
VA Bill Would Require Inmate Video Calls At 'Lowest Available Rates'
When Chuck Meire and Shawn Weneta gained seats on the board of directors at Assisting Families of Inmates (AFOI), the men were galvanized...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 1, 20241 min read
Drones Used To Drop Drugs In Georgia Prisons, 150 Arrested
Officials arrested 150 people in Georgia and charged them in an elaborate drug- and contraband-smuggling scheme that involved using...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 29, 20241 min read
7th Correctional Officer Sentenced For Sexual Abuse at Women's Prison
A seventh former correctional officer at a federal women's prison in California was sentenced to six years in prison. Nakie Nunley, who...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 29, 20241 min read
Senate Democrats Push DOJ to Increase Voting Access in Prisons
U.S. Senate Democrats applauded the Justice Department on Thursday for its efforts to expand voting access for people in federal custody,...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 27, 20242 min read
Death of 11-Year-Old Chicago Boy Leads to Prison Board Resignations
Two Illinois state officials have stepped down over their involvement in granting parole to a Chicago man suspected of killing...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 26, 20241 min read
Missouri Law Makes Prisoners Pay For Their Own Incarceration
A little known Missouri law called "incarceration reimbursement" allows the state to confiscate money from prisoners to pay for the costs...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 25, 20242 min read
Whistleblower in California Prison Dies After Reporting Misconduct
When Valentino Rodriguez graduated from the academy to become a correctional officer for the California Department of Corrections and...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 21, 20242 min read
Congress Cuts Federal Prison Infrastructure Funding
Congress sharply cut back on infrastructure funding for the federal prison system in fiscal 2024 even though maintenance needs have...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 21, 20241 min read
Escaped White Supremacist Idaho Inmate Still At Large
Authorities are searching for a white supremacist Idaho prison inmate and an accomplice who fled after the accomplice shot and wounded...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 16, 20241 min read
Judge Will Name Special Master At Troubled U.S. Women's Prison
A special master will be appointed to oversee a troubled federal women’s prison in California known for sexual abuse against inmates, a...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 15, 20242 min read
Prison, Jail Populations Rebound From Pre-Pandemic Lows
A decade after publishing the first edition, the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) released the 2024 version of its report, Mass...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 12, 20241 min read
Warden Ousted In CA Female Inmate Sexual Abuse Scandal
The warden of a troubled federal women's prison in California has been ousted months into his tenure as FBI agents on Monday hauled boxes...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 11, 20242 min read
Prisons Aren’t Built For Rapidly Aging Inmate Population
The proportion of state and federal prisoners who are 55 or older is about five times what it was three decades ago. In 2022, that was...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 11, 20241 min read
NE Prison Watchdog Raises Concerns Over Inmate Drug Tests
A Nebraska prison watchdog is raising concerns about the use of “field” drug tests to punish inmates, including extending their time...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 5, 20242 min read
PPI Cites 'Devastating' Ripple Effects Of Locking Up 200K Women
Some 190,600 women and girls are locked up in the U.S. on any given day. The Prison Policy Initiative's new report Women’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 5, 20242 min read
Haiti Declares State of Emergency After Mass Prison Break
Haiti is under a nighttime curfew after armed gangs led a mass prison break and demanded the resignation of the prime minister, who is...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 5, 20242 min read
Texas, Florida Prisoners Face Risk of Increasingly Deadly Heat
Deadly heat is threatening the lives of the aging incarcerated population, who are trapped in increasingly hot and humid conditions as...
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