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Dozens dead, 16 decapitated in prison riot

July 29, 2019 7:56 pm

U.S. Attorney General William Barr addresses the International Conference on Cyber Security, hosted by the FBI and Fordham University, at Fordham University in New York, Tuesday, July 23, 2019.

Crime

Barr orders executions of 5 child murderers as US set to resume death penalty

Zach Halaschak, Jerry Dunleavy -

July 25, 2019 3:44 pm

Cory Booker calls Biden an ‘architect of mass incarceration’

Emily Brooks -

July 24, 2019 12:04 pm

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally in support of Democratic candidates, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, in Miami.

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‘I’m rooting for all of you’: Obama congratulates ex-convict he freed for making the dean’s list at college

Tim Pearce -

July 12, 2019 4:12 pm

A black man with hands outside the bars of a prison cell.

Crime

Alabama man gets six-century prison sentence for sex crimes

Zach Halaschak -

July 12, 2019 1:59 pm

Rikers Island has been plagued by years of complaints of violence, corruption, and civil rights violations. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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NYC proposes ‘modern’ jails with natural light and better programming

Tim Pearce -

July 11, 2019 4:29 pm

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a town hall on Sunday, July 7, 2019, in Charleston, S.C.

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Biden says he would slash incarceration by more than 50%

Ellie Bufkin -

July 10, 2019 2:15 pm

In this Tuesday, July 3, 2012 photo, inmates walk in the yard in front of a cellblock at the maximum-security Mount Olive Correctional Center in Mount Olive, W.Va. In southern West Virginia, they often go to the coal mines. In the northern counties, they go to the oil and gas industry. But everywhere, corrections officers are fleeing the state's regional jails and prisons for better-paying jobs. With the 49th-lowest starting salary in the nation, it's no surprise.

Op-Eds

Despite sentencing reform, the US Bureau of Prisons is holding thousands of inmates illegally beyond their release dates

Caleb Kruckenberg -

July 8, 2019 2:45 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum, Wednesday, June 5, 2019, in Elkhart, Ind.

Beltway Confidential

Elizabeth Warren fibbed — private prison stocks have bombed in the Trump era

David Freddoso -

July 8, 2019 1:37 pm

Indonesian police stand guard at the Akbar Tandjung verdict reading, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004, outside Supreme Court in Jakarta, Indonesia. In a case with wide implications for Indonesia's presidential race, the Supreme Court on Thursday was set to rule on an appeal by Tandjung, the country's parliamentary speaker, who hopes to run for president despite a corruption conviction.

News

Indonesian woman stuck with six-month prison sentence after recording her boss making lewd remarks

Ellie Bufkin -

July 5, 2019 7:58 pm

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Tag: Prisons

Dozens dead, 16 decapitated in prison riot

Barr orders executions of 5 child murderers as US set to resume death penalty

Cory Booker calls Biden an ‘architect of mass incarceration’

‘I’m rooting for all of you’: Obama congratulates ex-convict he freed for making the dean’s list at college

Alabama man gets six-century prison sentence for sex crimes

NYC proposes ‘modern’ jails with natural light and better programming

Biden says he would slash incarceration by more than 50%

Despite sentencing reform, the US Bureau of Prisons is holding thousands of inmates illegally beyond their release dates

Elizabeth Warren fibbed — private prison stocks have bombed in the Trump era

Indonesian woman stuck with six-month prison sentence after recording her boss making lewd remarks

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