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Eastham Prisoners Sue Over Deadly Heat and Contaminated Water in Texas
Deadly heat, unsafe water, black mold and cockroaches plague prisoners at many Texas prisons.
As Sessions Ramps Up Drug War, People Inside US Prisons Speak Out
Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently announced a policy of maximum penalties for all drug crimes, even low-level offenses.
Climate Refugees in Toxic Immigrant Jails Are Victims of Environmental Racism
An immigrant jail in Tacoma, Washington, is in an area so polluted it was designated unfit for residences.
Tennessee Judge Pushes Sterilization on Those Incarcerated for Drugs
A Tennessee judge is proposing to offer drug offenders shortened sentences, if they agree to longterm contraceptives.
DOJ Withdraws Funding Request for Kentucky Prison on Mountaintop-Removal Site
Prison would have been terrible for health of prisoners and local wildlife, say advocates.
What’s Hidden Behind the Walls of US Prisons
Few Americans fully appreciate just how many of their fellow citizens are ensnared in the criminal legal system.
Prisoners Enduring Extreme Heat Are Casualties of Texas’s Climate Denial
In Texas prisons, the price of climate denial is human lives.
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“I Have to Hold My Family Together”: The Hidden Costs of Prison Visits
After New York State ended a free bussing service designed to help families visit incarcerated loved ones in 2011, visits have plummeted.
America’s Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration
U.S. prisons may be largely hidden from sight, but their environmental toxicity spreads far beyond their walls.
Introducing “America’s Toxic Prisons”
Prisons are sites of some of the worst environmental injustices in this country.