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Oregon fails to support women in prison, report finds
By Conrad Wilson On August 21, 2023 The state’s prison system regularly fails women in custody, according to a new report commissioned by lawmakers that also found “an immediate need…
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Brutality and Deaths Inside East Baton Rouge Jail Spark Uphill Battle for Reform
By Piper French On August 18, 2034 Harsh treatment of protesters led to more activism against the notorious Louisiana jail, which has long been overseen by a sheriff facing reelection…
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When It Comes to People Behind Bars, Texas Is Way Ahead
By Michael Hall September 2023 We keep putting convicts away. And lawmakers want those numbers to rise. The Texas frontier was a lawless place, so the early waves of white…
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How Tennessee’s Justice System Allows Dangerous People to Keep Guns — With Deadly Outcomes
By Paige Pfleger, research by Mariam Elba On August 17, 2023 Michaela Carter was one of at least 75 people killed in domestic violence shootings in Nashville since 2007. Nearly…
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Civil rights lawyers call on Illinois to fire private prison health care company
By Shannon Heffernan On August 14, 2023 The state has paid Wexford Health Sources more than $1 billion, but about half the medical positions are unfilled. As their contract expires,…
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Stifling prison heat used to be just a Southern problem. Not anymore.
By Amanda Hernandez On August 14, 2023 Climate change has amplified heat-related struggles in more state prisons. While sweltering heat in prisons without air conditioning has long been an issue…
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Thanks to New Law, Pregnant Women Can Now Avoid Incarceration in Colorado
By Bennito Kelty On August 11, 2023 More than five years have passed since the world watched, aghast, at the video of Diana Sanchez giving birth alone in a Denver County…
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California prisons have a drug problem. A strip search policy takes aim at visitors
By Anabel Sosa On August 8, 2023 Renee Espinoza thought her first strip search at the hands of a California correctional officer would be her last. It happened during a…
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Thousands of Mass. police disciplinary records released by POST Commission
By Sarah Betancourt On August 22, 2023 A state commission released several thousand disciplinary records for law enforcement across Massachusetts on Tuesday in a long-awaited effortto improve police accountability. The…
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