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Federal officials review housing policies for transgender prisoners

January 28, 2022 by Cassandra Evans

Federal prison officials are reviewing transgender housing in the wake of rollbacks imposed during the Trump administration, The Associated Press … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health and Wellness, Recently Posted, Women in Prison Tagged With: Federal, housing, prisons, transgender

Texas-another broken prison system

May 31, 2021 by William Tobert

Thousands of people incarcerated in Texas had to endure inhumane living conditions in a subfreezing weather emergency, while also battling the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prison Stories Tagged With: prisons, texas

Leavenworth’s incarcerated suffer more than just COVID outbreak

March 31, 2021 by A.J. Hardy

Lawrence, Kansas - An explosion of Coronavirus cases in Leavenworth Federal Prison had families and friends of the incarcerated concerned for their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Federal BOP, Institutions Tagged With: COVID-19, prisons

Number of Americans jailed or on probation falls over the past decade

January 31, 2021 by Juan Haines

The number of Americans jailed or on probation fell 21% from its peak in 2007, federal statistics show. The figures show between 2017 and 2018 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Parole and Release, Prison Stories Tagged With: jail, prisons, probation

COVID prison death toll climbs to 1,170

November 30, 2020 by Amir Shabazz

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As COVID-19 ravaged its way through the nation’s prison system at least138,105 people in prison had tested positive for the virus and close to 1,170 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Institutions Tagged With: COVID-19, prisons

Wisconsin governor submits proposal to build more prisons

May 15, 2019 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

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Wisconsin’s Governor Tony Evers, whose campaign pledged to cut his state’s prison population in half, has instead recommended a $259 million … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Institutions, Legal, Prison Stories Tagged With: DOC, prisons, Wisconsin

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