Nation Jul 29 Federal judge seizes control of Mississippi jail after citing ‘severely deficient’ conditions By Michael Goldberg, Associated Press/Report for America
Nation Jun 29 How the opioid crisis is driving deaths and abuse in prisons The alcohol and drug overdose death rate increased fivefold in prisons from 2009 through 2019, according to a recent study from the Pew Research Center — a surge that outpaced the national drug overdose rate, which tripled in the same… By LJ Dawson, Kaiser Health News
Nation May 10 Missing Alabama inmate, jailer were prepared for a shootout, according to Sheriff An Indiana sheriff says the Alabama murder suspect and jailer who evaded authorities for more than a week were heavily armed and preparing for a shootout when they were captured. By Kim Chandler, Mike Balsamo, Associated Press
Nation Apr 13 WATCH: ‘Searching for Justice: Life After Lockup,’ a PBS NewsHour special report Amna Nawaz and the PBS NewsHour present "Searching for Justice: Life After Lockup," a documentary that follows four people who spent time incarcerated and reveals the challenges they faced after they were released. The documentary is part of the NewsHour’s… By Dan Cooney
Nation Jan 21 Igor Fruman, Giuliani’s associate, sentenced to a year in prison in foreign donor case A Florida man who helped Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information against Joe Biden in Ukraine has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $10,000 in an unrelated campaign finance case. By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
Nov 16 Durbin calls for removal of federal prisons director amid ‘mounting crises’ By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Sen. Dick Durbin's demand came two days after the AP revealed that more than 100 Bureau of Prisons workers have been arrested, convicted or sentenced for crimes since the start of 2019. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 4:10 This advocate says justice system is our failure to imagine anything besides punishment Jorge Antonio Renaud says that the United States is enamored with the idea that certain individuals are just “crime prone.” At 20, he was arrested and put in jail, where he survived a traumatic attack. Feeling lost led him to… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch 6:16 Exhibition sheds light on Kalief Browder’s years in solitary confinement By Ivette Feliciano, Laura Fong Sixteen-year-old Kalief Browder spent three years inside New York City's Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime, enduring two of those years in solitary confinement. He subsequently struggled with his mental health and eventually took his own life. A… Continue watching
May 13 Watch 4:28 A former prisoner’s Brief But Spectacular take on second chances Ryan Ramnarace got a second chance at life when he was released from federal prison. After serving 14 years, he decided he wanted to be a positive presence for his family and community. He tells us about his progress in… Continue watching
Apr 07 The U.S. spends billions to lock people up, but very little to help them once they’re released By Casey Kuhn “600,000 people are released from correctional facilities every year, but it’s a part of the criminal justice system that’s being funded at no guarantee,” said Jennifer Ortiz, an assistant professor of criminal justice at Indiana University Southeast who studies reentry… Continue reading