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Reforms Have Failed to Prevent Sexual Abuse in ICE Jails, Report Reveals
Reporting by Futuro Investigates and Latino USA found officials are not properly addressing detainees' complaints.
Kids Are Being Kept in Solitary Confinement, Former Death Row Unit With No AC
“The state’s treatment of kids in Angola has been a series of broken promises,” said one civil rights lawyer.
Rikers Island Might Be Put Under Federal Control After Recent Scandal
A recent report details how the city has broken its promise to improve the jail’s dangerous and unsanitary conditions.
10 Years After Historic Hunger Strike, Will CA Finally End Solitary Confinement?
Prisoners refused food, demanding changes to solitary confinement. Now they are pushing to end the practice altogether.
In Brutal Summer Heat, Prisoners Say Their Cells Are Like “Stifling Hot Coffins”
Days of extreme heat without access to enough water and cooled air become deadlier for an aging prison population.
For Many Black People Behind Bars, Juneteenth Comes With Joy and Grief
The day serves as a reminder that while chattel slavery was abolished, a new form continues in the U.S. prison system.
Prison Has Robbed Me of Father’s Day 25 Times. All I Want Is to Be With My Sons.
For me, Father's Day is an unbearable reminder of everything that prison has stolen from my family.
2 Former Alabama Governors Call for Commuting Dozens of Death Row Convictions
“We have come over time to see the flaws in our nation’s justice system,” the two former governors said.
CA Struggles to Locate Victims of Forced Sterilization for Compensation Program
At least 600 people who have been forcibly sterilized in the state are now eligible for compensation.
These Activists Worked to Bail Out Incarcerated Women in Time for Mother’s Day
Black-led groups around the country reunited incarcerated mothers and their kids through the Mama's Day Bail Out.