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Prison to Plate Inmate Labor Heat

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Inmates at Louisiana’s Angola prison sue to end working farm lines in brutal heat

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Fremont Police Detention Facility Offers Pay Upgrade For Jail Stay
The high cost of staying in touch while incarcerated can linger long after release

The high cost of a prison phone call has come down. But a new report sounds the alarm on the escalating costs of non-phone services for incarcerated people.

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A jail cell on death row, where prison inmates await execution, is seen at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas
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Why dozens of men spent most of their lives in prison after Louisiana reneged on plea deal

The cases of some of Louisiana’s longest-serving inmates are receiving renewed attention. A group of now-elderly men called the "10/6 lifers," who were promised parole after serving 10 years and six months. But the state reneged on these deals and…

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