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A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% staff turnover rate.
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The suit alleges guards beat and raped Aafia Siddiqui, denied her medical care and violated her religious freedoms. Her case has also long been the subject of international controversy.
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The Texas Civil Rights Project is seeking class-action status for its suit alleging the state's prison system puts inmates in unconstitutionally long and unsanitary housing assignments for violating certain rules.
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Autopsies are not required for federal prison deaths that are classified as natural. NPR found cases where medical neglect, poor prison conditions and a lack of resources contributed to these deaths.
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Muslim transition homes for the recently incarcerated provide stability amid an ever-increasing needMany nonprofit halfway houses or homeless shelters can be Christian-based, which can alienate Muslim prison converts and others of different faiths.
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Reed landed at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland early Thursday morning after being exchanged for a convicted Russian drug smuggler.
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A New York City opera company created an updated version of Fidelio for the Black Lives Matter era. The performance features singers who are incarcerated in real life.
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More than 120 federal prisons nationwide are unable to participate in special programs and recreation, have visitation with lawyers or family, or get hot meals at the cafeteria, according to a federal public defender.
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The COVID-19 crisis has devastated the Black community in more ways than one. Majority-Black counties across the nation report three times the rate of…
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As COVID-19 rages and populations rise, jails are struggling to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks. And when they do occur, facilities have trouble keeping sick…