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Jail cells are seen in the Enhanced Supervision Housing Unit at the Rikers Island Correctional facility in New York

Politics Feb 10

House Republicans take steps to block new criminal code in Washington, D.C.

By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura

Nation Jan 02

A 40-foot net fence to prevent items from being thrown into the prison yard is seen outside the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County in this undated handout picture provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Cellphones smuggled into prisons by corrupt guards, concealed in food containers or hurled over security fences are an increasing worry for law enforcement as prisoners use them to intimidate witnesses, direct drug deals and plan escapes. Photo by REUTERS/Mississippi Department of Corrections/Handout via Reuters
4th Mississippi inmate dies from prison violence in a week

The violence comes even as a federal judge has rejected claims that conditions in one Mississippi prison are unconstitutionally harsh.

By Jeff Amy, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Politics Jul 05

Obama set to commute dozens of nonviolent drug sentences, aides say

Aides say President Barack Obama is set to commute the sentences of dozens of nonviolent federal drug offenders in the coming weeks…

By Daniel Costa-Roberts

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