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The entrance of the Mississippi State Penitentiary is seen in an undated photo provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections in Parchman, Mississippi. The Mississippi corrections department announced it will no longer allow conjugal visits as of Feb. 1, ending a century-old program in the first U.S. state to sanction sex for prisoners. Photo courtesy of Mississippi Department of Corrections/Handout via Reuters

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DOJ report finds ‘severe, systemic’ problems in Mississippi prison

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

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Administrative segregation prisoners take part in a group therapy session at San Quentin state prison
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PBS NewsHour documentary spotlights the struggles facing the formerly incarcerated

For the past few years, the NewsHour has been reporting on issues facing the formerly incarcerated, like getting a job, housing and healthcare. Next week those issues are front and center in a PBS NewsHour documentary called “Searching for Justice:…

By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz, Frank Carlson, Claire Mufson

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Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) speaks to journalists on his effort to ban Congressional stock trading among members, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2022. Photo by Tom Brenner/REUTERS
Senate launches group to examine reports of corruption and abuse in federal prisons

The U.S. Senate is launching a bipartisan working group of lawmakers to scrutinize conditions within the Bureau of Prisons following reporting by The Associated Press that uncovered widespread corruption and abuse in federal prisons.

By Michael Balsamo, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

Nation Nov 15

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After decades in prison, finding new life mentoring at-risk youth

Michael Plummer, a Washington, D.C. man, works with at-risk youth to pass on the lessons he learned from more than two decades behind bars. William Brangham and producer Mike Fritz have been following Plummer's story for more than a year…

By William Brangham, Mike Fritz

Nation Jul 21

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For girls with mothers in prison, a summer camp offers much-needed support

Estimates show that over five million children in the U.S. have had an incarcerated parent. As the number of women in American prison soars, little is known about the impact on children they leave behind. Amna Nawaz went to Texas…

By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz

Oct 19

Inside the COVID unit at the world’s largest women’s prison

By Ko Bragg, Kate Sosin, The 19th

The Central California Women’s Facility quarantined prisoners with COVID-19 with those who never tested positive for the virus.

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Mar 18

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Terun Moore on prison as a teen and getting a second chance

At age 17, Terun Moore was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole. But in 2012, the Supreme Court ruled such sentencing of minors unconstitutional. Now on parole after 19 years, Moore is enrolled in community college and…

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Nov 09

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Exonerated but not free: What do we owe the wrongfully convicted?

By PBS NewsHour

In the US, state laws governing compensation for wrongfully convicted people vary significantly. While some states offer sizable packages for the exonerated, at least 20 offer nothing. And even for those that do, it may not be enough to make…

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Oct 03

State investigators dismissed prisoners’ complaints of sexual abuse

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — When inmates at a notorious Alabama women's prison came forward to complain of sexual abuse and harassment, state investigators time and again classified the complaints as unfounded or unsubstantiated and often recommended that the matters be closed without…

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Jul 18

Expanded cost-cutting proposal would release 46,000 drug felons from prison

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

More than 46,000 inmates, including many who have already served a decade or longer in prison, would be eligible to seek early release under the commission's decision. A judge would review the case of each prisoner seeking to get out…

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