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Nation Mar 15

How politics is disrupting the vaccine rollout for inmates

Nation Dec 10

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How drug testing in Alabama holds former prisoners back from creating a new life

Across the U.S. random drug testing is required for many people charged with or convicted of crimes dealing with alcohol or drugs. But a joint NewsHour and AL.com investigation found that one state system, Alabama's, can trap people with high…

Nation Dec 09

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Changing the criminal justice system on behalf of children

We continue with our week-long reporting on the challenges facing former prisoners with Bryan Stevenson, an American lawyer, social justice activist and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. Kelly Corrigan, host of PBS’ "Tell Me More," spoke to Stevenson about…

Nation Jun 09

‘When this virus gets behind bars, it runs like wildfire,’ experts warn

Prisons are incubators for the virus. Social distancing, frequent hand-washing and use of masks are preventative measures that are accessible to much of American society, but they’re rare luxuries for the incarcerated.

By Saher Khan

Health Mar 29

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Incarcerated people face potential disaster during outbreak

With more than 2 million prisoners held in thousands of detention centers across the U.S., advocates for the incarcerated have been sounding the alarm about the dangers posed to this vulnerable population during the current pandemic. Ivette Feliciano spoke with…

By Ivette Feliciano

Feb 06

Feds investigate Mississippi prisons after string of deaths

By Michael Balsamo, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Federal prosecutors are looking into conditions at four state prisons after the deaths of at least 15 inmates since late December.

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Jan 16

12-year sentence for having a phone in jail is ‘failure,’ Mississippi justice says

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

The Mississippi Supreme Court's confirmation of a 12-year prison sentence for an African American man who carried his mobile phone into a county jail cell is being slammed as a brutal example of racial injustice.

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Jan 02

4th Mississippi inmate dies from prison violence in a week

By Jeff Amy, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

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

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Oct 17

NYC to close Rikers Island jail complex by 2026

By Associated Press

New York City lawmakers have approved a plan to close the notorious Rikers Island jail complex and replace it with four smaller jails.

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Oct 11

California to end its use of for-profit prisons, including for immigrant detention

By Don Thompson, Amy Taxin, Associated Press

California will ban the use of for-profit, private detention facilities, including those under contract to the federal government to hold immigrants awaiting deportation hearings.

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