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Inside Illinois’ Youth Lockups, Children Go Without Basic Services and Face “Excessive” Punishments
State audits point to troubling conditions in juvenile detention centers, but no agency has strong enough oversight to bring about change. By Molly Parker On November 8, 2023 In late December, a teenage boy with a broken arm was left to suffer alone in his cell at a youth lockup in rural southern Illinois. Staff…
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Nearly one in five state prisoners go directly from maximum security to the street
By Jenifer B. McKim and Margot Amouyal On November 7, 2023 Jamaul Vital says he was restricted to a cell for at least 20 hours a day while incarcerated at the state’s maximum security prison in Lancaster for more than two years. The 28-year-old Lynn man remembers his last night behind bars — pacing in…
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Prison Telecom Giant Deletes Months of Incarcerated Writers’ Work
Securus Technologies says a “technical glitch” last week caused the deletion of Washington prisoners’ writings. They offered compensation of two e-stamps—a value of less than $1. By Christopher Blackwell and Ethan Corey On November 7, 2023 I sat there, staring at an inbox that now read zero. Just hours ago, it had the number nine,…
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Incarceration rates for Black men and women have been declining since 2000. Reform efforts are helping.
Despite recent policy changes, the imprisonment rate among Black people remains the highest, and researchers say political trends may put progress in “jeopardy.” By Candice Norwood On October 30, 2023 Between the 1970s and early 2000s the United States saw a 700 percent increase in incarceration, which disproportionately targeted Black and low-income people. Now, reform…
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People in redlined neighborhoods may be less likely to receive bystander CPR
By Laura Williamson On November 7, 2023 People who live in neighborhoods that were subjected to the historical practice of “redlining” may be less likely to receive lifesaving care from a bystander during a cardiac arrest than people in other neighborhoods, new research suggests. The greater the amount of redlining, the lower the likelihood of…
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Sudden cardiac deaths in college athletes fall, but still high in one sport
By American Heart Association On November 13, 2023 College sports have seen a decline in the rate of sudden cardiac deaths, but rates remain higher for Division I men’s basketball players, as well as male and Black athletes in other sports, new research has found. The decline in sudden cardiac death rates – on average,…
Read MoreVaccination Coverage by Age 24 Months Among Children Born in 2019 and 2020 — National Immunization Survey-Child, United States, 2020–2022
By Holly A. Hill, David Yankey, Laurie D. Elam-Evans, Michael Chen, James A. Singleton Summary What is already known about this topic? The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends vaccines against 15 potentially serious diseases by the age of 24 months. What is added by this report? Estimated coverage with most childhood vaccines was similar…
Read MoreWATCH: Sickle cell gene therapy gets review from FDA advisory committee
By Laura Ungar On October 31, 2023 The only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. But soon there may be a new cure that attacks the disorder at its genetic source. On Tuesday, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will review a gene therapy for the inherited blood disorder, which…
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Report points to rise in health care inequities in abortion-restricted states
By C.J. Keene On October 24, 2023 It’s been over a year since the Dobbs V. Jackson Supreme Court case overturned nationwide abortion protections. A new report suggests abortion bans like the one implemented in South Dakota are contributing to inequities in the health care system. The Washington Post reports maternal mortality rates in abortion-restricted…
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