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If politicians are serious about fighting the pandemic, there's a clear way to do it: release people from jail
Our elected officials will be responsible for thousands of deaths in jails and prisons if they stan…
Ashish Prashar
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Progressive prosecutor Larry Krasner is taking on gun violence and ‘dirty cops’ in Philadelphia
In an interview, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner defended his handling of the city's g…
Charles R. Davis
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She gave birth, twice, in prison. We were there to witness the reunion with her kids.
Raquel Esquivel's two sons, born while she was in prison, were taken from her soon after they were …
Jamie Roth,Alan Chin
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An elite Russian brigade of 5,000 soldiers has been destroyed and reformed as many as 8 times after heavy losses, report says
The Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade has suffered heavy losses in attempts to take the town of …
Alia Shoaib
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Priscilla Chan joins executive board of Reform Alliance alongside Jay-Z, Meek Mill, Michael Rubin, Van Jones, and others
Priscilla Chan has joined the executive board of the Reform Alliance, the criminal-justice reform o…
John Lynch
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A kidnapper and murder accused score over 70% in UP board exams
What sets them apart from other students is the fact that both are lodged in jail and have taken…
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5 states to vote on banning slavery that is still legal in some US prisons
Voters in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, and Vermont will be voting to ban slavery in priso…
Bethany Dawson
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Family, bipartisan lawmakers, and Kim Kardashian rally behind a Latina death row prisoner scheduled to be executed later this month
Melissa Lucio was sentenced to death for killing her 2-year-old daughter. Her execution is schedule…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Delayed justice for Kevin Strickland, the Groveland 4 highlight a racial reckoning in criminal justice
Kevin Strickland was released from prison days after the Groveland four were exonerated. Experts se…
DeArbea Walker
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Capitol rioter Jenna Ryan's prison consultants say she is 'hurting people in real prisons' by complaining about her 60-day sentence
Ryan, who was recently released from a minimum-security facility in Texas, said she was denied "bas…
Sophia Ankel
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Results: Oregon Measure 112: Voters decided to remove the state constitution's language addressing slavery in prisons
Supporters argued that the slavery exception heavily impacted marginalized communities. Oregon's De…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Inmates across Alabama's notoriously macabre prisons are on strike: 'I'm just a slave'
Thousands of Alabama inmates are participating in a labor strike to draw attention to the cruel con…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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COVID allowed Raquel Esquivel and 4,500 others to be released from overcrowded federal prisons. So why is she back behind bars?
4,500 federal prisoners were approved for home confinement to reduce overcrowding during the corona…
Jamie Roth
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The embattled Trump-era head of federal prisons is stepping down under political pressure
Michael Carvajal, a Trump-era head of the Bureau of Prisons, is stepping down. Democrats have calle…
C. Ryan Barber
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Biden's pardons will help thousands with past convictions, but few today are in federal prison just for possessing marijuana
In 2017, less than 100 people were put in federal prison for marijuana possession. The vast majorit…
Charles R. Davis
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Top Democrat calls on Biden administration to fire the Trump-era head of federal prisons, citing inmate abuse and the death of Jeffrey Epstein
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal has "shown no intenti…
Charles Davis
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Why this former cop left the force: 'Policing is not about helping'
Terrell Carter became a police officer to make a better life for his family. He left to better live…
Yelena Dzhanova
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More than 100 Bureau of Prison employees have been arrested for or convicted of crimes since 2019: AP report
Of the incidents reviewed by the AP, one in five involved crimes of a sexual nature. Smuggling was …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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His release from prison after 22 years is like 'going to Disneyland for the first time as a 6-year-old.' Now he's capturing his reentry in viral TikToks with his daughter.
In 1999, Bill Lorance murdered his stepfather to death with a hammer. He's credited his "turnaround…
Connor Perrett
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A day after Derek Chauvin's sentencing, lawmakers in Minnesota reached an agreement on policing measures and will create a warning system to keep bad cops off the street
The death of George Floyd and the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright pushed calls and efforts to intro…