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Crime and Justice News
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Texas Grapples With Mental Health Services Instead of Jail
County commissioners in Texas' Travis County, which includes Austin, gave a green light to develop a new behavioral health diversion...
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Crime and Justice News
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Studies: In MacArthur Cities, Less Jail Didn't Fuel More Crime
A privately funded program working to reduce local jail populations in dozens of cities and counties nationwide commissioned a pair of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 20
- 2 min
Lawsuit Filed After 14 Deaths At West Virginia Regional Jail
Families of 14 inmates who have died in a West Virginia jail in the past year amid reports of poor conditions, rampant violence and...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 14
- 1 min
'Word Alert' Will Detect Las Vegas Jail Inmates' 'Concerning Language'
The Las Vegas jail is adding a new technology that police say will help detect "concerning language" in inmates' phone calls. Las Vegas...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Court Denies Habeas Corpus For Pregnant Jailed Florida Woman
A Florida appeals court denied an attorney’s attempt to have a woman released from jail ahead of trial by arguing that her fetus was...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 16
- 2 min
L.A. Sheriff Sets Agenda to Root Out Department's Gangs, Fix Jails
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna has announced a plan to combat violent deputy "gangs" operating within the nation's largest...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 8
- 2 min
Many Who Die In Houston Jails Had Mental Illness Records
After hours of administering state testing for her Houston-area middle school students, Rowena Ward glanced at the phone silenced in her...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 24
- 2 min
NYC Jails Want To Bar Physical Mail To Inmates As A Safety Measure
The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) wants to stop incarcerated people from receiving physical mail inside city jails,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Rikers Island Sick-Leave Fraud Probers Are Under Investigation
Two New York City investigators responsible for rooting out sick-leave fraud and other corruption at the Rikers Island jail complex are...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 29, 2022
- 3 min
How To Avoid Preventable Deaths Among Unconvicted Jail Inmates
On October 22, Erick Tavira died by suicide in New York City's Rikers Island jail complex. He was one of at least 19 people who have died...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Appeals Court Delays Receiver's Takeover Of Mississippi Jail
Mississippi’s largest county won a legal victory in its effort to stave off a rare federal takeover of its jail, where a judge has found...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 4, 2022
- 1 min
New L.A. County Sheriff Luna Vows To Improve Jail Conditions
Los Angeles County's Robert Luna, the new head of the nation’s largest sheriff’s department, vowed Saturday to usher in an era of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
Three Officers Fired, Arrested After Beating In Georgia Jail
Three officers who were caught on camera in a widely seen video beating and repeatedly punching a detainee at a jail in Camden County,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
Amid Rising Jail Deaths, DOJ Gives $2M For Worker-Training Center
Three U.S Justice Department agencies are awarding nearly $2 million for a new Department of Justice Jails and Justice Support Center to...
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Crime and Justice News
- Nov 11, 2022
- 2 min
Three NYC Rikers Island Officers Accused Of Taking Fake Sick Leave
Three New York City correction officers were charged with lying about being sick and taking leave for more than a year, in the midst of a...