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Deaths in Pa. jails are undercounted. Our investigation found dozens of hidden cases
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A Warden Tried to Fix an Abusive Prison. He Faced Death Threats.
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Colorado banned forced prison labor 5 years ago. Prisoners say it’s still happening
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We studied jail conditions and jail deaths − here’s what we found
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Mississippi Jailed More Than 800 People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment in a Year. Just One Jail Meets State Standards.
Counties are allowed to hold people ...
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Kids Behind Bars: Chaos, violence and neglect plague youth prisons and detention centers
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San Quentin Is Decaying. California Has No Clear Plan to Fix It
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Inside Illinois’ Youth Lockups, Children Go Without Basic Services and Face “Excessive” Punishments
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Mistaken deportations stoke concerns over Trump’s aggressive immigration push
By Priscilla Alvarez, Katelyn Polantz and Evan Perez, CNN Published 5:00 AM EDT, Fri April 4, 2025 The Trump administration’s aggressive and fast-paced effort to advance its immigration agenda has exposed existing challenges with a dated…
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Migrant children are maneuvering immigration court alone, attorneys say
The federal government ordered immigration lawyers to stop representing children who cross the border into the United States by themselves. By Shandel Menezes • Published April 1, 2025 • Updated on April 1, 2025 at 8:21 pm Layoffs…
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Trump administration resumes detention of immigrant families after Biden-era pause
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Updated 6:24 PM CDT, March 12, 2025 McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration resumed family detention of immigrants last week in a South Texas facility after a…
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Judge blocks anti-LGBTQ+ book ban while calling out Christian hypocrisy
The Bible has many sexually explicit passages… but schools are banning far-tamer books as “obscene.” By Arin Waller Thursday, March 27, 2025 A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction,…
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Trump administration cancels at least 68 grants focused on LGBTQ health questions
By CARLA K. JOHNSON Updated 5:15 PM CDT, March 24, 2025 A surge of grant cancellations hit researchers focused on the health of gay, lesbian and transgender people last week, as…
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Researchers, ACLU sue over Trump’s ‘ideological purge’ of NIH grants
By Nate Raymond April 2, 2025 2:49 PM CDT Summary BOSTON, April 2 (Reuters) – Scientific researchers on Wednesday sued to secure reinstatement of National Institutes of Health grants that funded…
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A big change for kids with disabilities is underway, Trump says. Critics say it’s against the law.
By Kalyn Belsha and Erica Meltzer | March 21, 2025, 8:27pm CDT President Donald Trump made a brief announcement Friday morning of a policy that could upend how the nation serves its 7.5…
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VA mistakenly declared San Diego veteran dead, cut off disability payments
U.S. Navy veteran Sky Lowe fought for five months to prove he is alive. By Alexis Rivas, Mike Dorfman and Mark Sackett • Published March 24, 2025 • Updated on March 25, 2025 at 3:40 pm A San Diego Navy…
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Many People With Disabilities Risk Losing Their Medicaid if They Work Too Much
By Tony Leys March 25, 2025 PLEASANTVILLE, Iowa — Zach Mecham has heard politicians demand that Medicaid recipients work or lose their benefits. He also has run into a jumble of…
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Lawmakers Try Again on Bill to Give 50,000 Medically Retired Veterans Full VA Disability, Retirement Pay
By Patricia Kime Published March 19, 2025 at 4:39pm ET Members of Congress are trying again to pass legislation that would give medically retired service members full access to both their military retirement pay and…
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