Op-ed: Alabama can’t solve its prisons safety crisis with a staff shortage of 61%
Years of chronic understaffing and neglect have put the lives of correctional officers and prisoners alike at risk.
Advocacy groups say Texas inmates are 'being cooked to death' in state prisons without air conditioning
The filing says nearly 70% of Texas Department of Criminal Justice prisons lack air conditioning and units routinely reach ...
Texas inmates are 'being cooked to death' in state prisons, advocacy groups allege in suit
"Let's ensure that no one else – inmates or corrections officers – suffers these inhumane conditions," Richard Linklater said ...
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As pandemic eases, share of Black inmates in Maryland prisons peaks
The coronavirus pandemic caused a historic drop in Maryland’s prison population. But after the state of emergency ended and ...
Philly’s prisons commissioner retires after years of disorder and recent escapes
After years of disorder, a spike in prisoner deaths, and a string of escapes, Blanche Carney, the commissioner of Philadelphia’s Department of Prisons, is leaving the job, she told staffers on Monday.
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After pandemic decreases, share of Black inmates in Maryland prisons peaks
The coronavirus pandemic caused a historic drop in Maryland's prison population. But after the state of emergency ended and ...