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1. Muscatine, Iowa – Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said that more states should let people with felony records vote while they’re in prison in an article in the Des Moines Register. “I think that is absolutely the … [Read more...]

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Alabama – State lawmakers took steps to change Alabama’s execution method from lethal injections to nitrogen hypoxia, Criminal Legal News reports. The change ended a lawsuit filed by eight Death Row prisoners who chose execution by nitrogen hypoxia … [Read more...]

US Appeals Court rules on deportable convictions

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For the purpose of deportable convictions, a carjacking conviction in California does not always qualify as a violent crime, according to a recent federal court decision. The United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit held that carjacking under … [Read more...]

Several new policies to help hire formerly incarcerated

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In spite of the negative stigma of a felony conviction, new policies developed by local, state and federal officials will encourage employers to hire the formerly incarcerated, according to a Rand Corporation report. Policies such as “Ban the Box,” … [Read more...]

New 50-bed mental health facility in Southern California

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The state’s prison system plans to build a new 50-bed mental health facility in Chino for Southern California inmates. ICE reported “24,476 of the 185,507 inmates in the federal Bureau of Prisons system were not citizens…” THE NEW YORK TIMES Dec. 22, … [Read more...]

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