Virginia Prisons Could Save Inmates, Families $28M, Report Finds
If the Virginia prison system heeded the recommendations of reformers who want to make life behind bars less expensive for inmates, it...
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- 3 days ago
- 2 min
Alabama Prisoner Strike Illustrates Plight of Inmate Laborerss
Alabama inmates began striking last week over what they’ve described as inhumane treatment. Organizers say thousands have participated in...
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Crime and Justice News
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
In Report, Federal Inmates Tell Of 'Revolving Door of Death'
When his chest hurt and breathing became difficult, Shannon Derrell Williams considered his history of blood clots and worried he had a...
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Crime and Justice News
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
BOP Director Peters Vows To Fix Troubled Federal Prisons
Colette Peters, the new director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, vowed Thursday that “the buck stops with me” when it comes to fixing...
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Crime and Justice News
- 6 days ago
- 1 min
CA Gov. Newsom Vetoes Solitary Confinement Limits Bill
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have made California the latest state to curb its widespread use of solitary confinement. The...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 29
- 1 min
DOJ Seeks To Boost Penalties For Sexual Abuse By Prison Employees
The Justice Department is finalizing plans to overhaul the troubled Federal Bureau of Prisons, which include a recommendation to increase...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 28
- 2 min
AL Inmate Workers Start Strike To Protest Poor Conditions
Thousands of Alabama inmate workers began a labor strike Monday to protest poor prison conditions across the state. Inmates are demanding...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 28
- 2 min
14 New Jersey Prison Guards Indicted in Assault of Two Women
Fourteen guards at New Jersey’s only women's prison were indicted Tuesday in connection with a violent 2021 midnight raid that left two...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 28
- 2 min
Nevada Plans Drone Patrols Amid Record Prison Staff Vacancy Rates
In Nevada, extreme staffing shortages and pandemic restrictions left inmates without adequate access to food, cleaning supplies, or...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 27
- 1 min
Five States To Vote On Clauses Allowing Low Pay For Inmates
Known as the slavery loophole, an exception in the Constitution's Thirteenth Amendment allows the exploitation of 800,000 prisoners in...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 27
- 1 min
Prison Guard Staff Shortages Around the U.S. Called Worst Ever
Amid a nationwide worker shortage in various industries, prison systems are desperate to reverse an exodus of corrections officers that...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 26
- 2 min
San Quentin Still Sends Sick Inmates to Notorious Adjustment Unit
The Adjustment Center at California's San Quentin prison, often called the AC, has long served as the harshest of California’s death row...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 23
- 2 min
Senators Slam DOJ Over Failure To Collect Deaths-In-Custody Data
Senators on both sides of the red and blue chasm were exasperated this week over the federal government’s fumbling of inmate death data....
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 22
- 2 min
Black-White Imprisonment Rate Disparity Down 40% In Two Decades
Over the first two decades of this century, the disparity between Black and white state imprisonment rates fell by 40 percent. In 2020,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 20
- 2 min
OK Cut Prison Numbers 21 Percent, Still Nation's 3rd Highest Rate
A new report from the group fwd.us highlights five years of Republican-led, voter-supported criminal justice reform efforts in Oklahoma,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 19
- 2 min
Prison Labor Built America's Big Steel Corporation
More than 150 years ago, a prison complex called the Lone Rock stockade operated at one of the biggest coal mines in Tennessee. It was...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 12
- 1 min
As Heat Increases, 44 States Don't Fully Air Condition Their Prisons
At least 44 states, including those with some of the highest temperatures nationally, don't have universal air conditioning in their...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 7
- 1 min
Advocates Push Minimum Wage for Incarcerated Workers
Most of the nation's 800,000 incarcerated workers hold jobs similar to those on the outside. The racial reckoning has promoted a...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 6
- 2 min
Colorado Prison and Jail Populations Now Higher Than Before Pandemic
After making policy changes to lower their inmate populations, Colorado state prisons and some county jails are back to average daily...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 6
- 1 min
National Guard May Be Called To Work At Understaffed FL Prisons
As Florida struggles with a shortage of correctional officers, a legislative panel will consider a plan that would activate Florida...
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