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Forged Drug Test Results May Free Tens of Thousands From Prison
A recent Supreme Judicial Court ruling is expected to free tens of thousands from prison. Those who are expected to be impacted by Monday’s decision are those whose drug samples were “mishandled” in a...
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Infographic: Modern Prisons And Their Predecessors
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Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Brutal Brand Of Jailhouse Medicine
Timothy Strayer in his hospital bed in Dearborn County ICU after spending just one month behind bars at the county jail Originally published at Shadowproof. Editor’s Note: This is part one of Gaming...
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White Collar Crime Prosecutions At 20 Year Low
“Scales of Justice” statue representing the Roman goddess of justice personifying moral force. (Photo via wikimedia commons) Presented in partnership with Shadow Proof. The US justice system is...
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4,000 Prison Inmates Fighting California Wildfires For $2 Per Day
Inmate firefighters from the Fenner Canyon Conservation Camp await orders to move out, as the Sawtooth Complex fire moves through Morongo Valley, California, July 13, 2006. SACRAMENTO, California —...
View ArticleBlack Diabetic Dies After Missouri Jail Withholds Insulin
This article was published in partnership with ShadowProof Last week, I shared the experiences of Phillip Baker, an advocate for diabetic prisoners: I only got into this because I’m a retired PA. I...
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California Agrees To Restrict Use Of Long-Term Solitary Confinement
Looking down the wall in the Solitary Confinement area in Boise, Idaho. The only light in the rooms come through a little window in the door and a small pipe for ventilation in the ceiling. (Photo by...
View ArticleKoch Brothers Two-Faced On Crime: The Hypocrisy Behind Their Calls For ‘Reform’
WASHINGTON — Supporters of criminal justice reform have found an unexpected ally in their efforts to reduce America’s massive prison population: the notoriously conservative Koch brothers. Yet a new...
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1 in 36 Americans Are Tied up in the Prison System… And That’s a 20 Year Low
Over the last several years, the United States has earned the troublesome accolade of being the most incarcerated population in the world. Nearly every fourth person behind bars globally resides in...
View ArticleProposed Legislation Would End Bail System That Punishes The Poor
Published in partnership with Shadowproof. Congressman Ted Lieu introduced the No Money Bail Act of 2016, which prohibits the payment of money as a condition of pretrial release in federal criminal...
View ArticleWhite House: Imprisoning People For Victim-less Crimes ‘Devastating The Economy’
On Saturday, economists in U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration released a report detailing the adverse effects on the economy derived from locking non-violent drug offenders and criminals...
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Sen. Tom Cotton Insists The America Has ‘Under-Incarceration Problem’
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. ) Sen. Tom Cotton on Thursday slammed his colleagues’ efforts to pass sweeping criminal justice reforms, saying the United States is...
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Judge Compares Drug War To Slavery, Bravely Refuses To Put Convicted Drug...
It appears that America has awakened to the problem of mass incarceration–an issue underscored by the fact that the U.S. holds less than 5 percent of the world’s population but houses about 22 percent...
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North Carolina Cuts Use Of Prison Torture In Half
Looking down the wall in the Solitary Confinement. (Photo by DieselDemon via Flikr) RALEIGH, North Carolina — Half as many prisoners in North Carolina face solitary confinement, thanks to dedicated...
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The Senate’s Popular Sentencing Reform Bill Would Sort Prisoners By ‘Risk Score’
Prisoners from Sacramento County await processing after arriving at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, Calif. (AP Photo) At a time when Democrats and Republicans in Congress can’t agree on...
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In Police State USA Kids Go To Summer Camp, In Prison
A boy looks on from his one-man cell at a juvenile prison. (AP/Muhammed Muheisen) Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a relentless self-promoter who christened himself “The World’s Toughest...
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Texas Prison Objects To Ruling That It Must Provide Arsenic-Free Water To...
A prison guard on horseback watches inmates return from a farm work detail. A federal judge is ordering Texas prison officials to stop forcing inmates to drink water laced with dangerous levels of...
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America’s Female Prison Population Has Grown 800% & Nobody Is Talking About It
A female inmate peers out a cell window at the Madera County Jail in Madera, Calif. (AP/Rich Pedroncelli) Holly Harris may wear cowboy boots to work, but the Kentucky mom and Executive Director for...
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Justice Dept Announces It Will End Use Of For-Profit Prisons
Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. The Justice Department says it’s phasing out its relationships with private prisons after a...
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Prison Strike Organizer Melvin Ray: ‘International Human Rights Issues’ In...
A prison guard on horseback watches inmates return from a farm work detail. AUSTIN, Texas — Inmates around the country are demanding an end to inhumane conditions behind bars by participating in a...
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