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Civil Liberties

COVID-19 Pulls Back the Mask on America's Prison System 

This deadly and contagious disease has exposed problems with prison systems that have been ignored for decades.

C.J. Ciaramella | 7.6.2020 6:00 AM

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Coronavirus

Bureau of Prisons Reverses Coronavirus Home Confinement Policy

"What they are doing to people is cruel and unusual. It isn't right."

C.J. Ciaramella | 4.21.2020 4:20 PM

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Criminal Justice

Just Mercy

Stephanie Slade | 4.10.2020 6:30 AM

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Coronavirus

Coronavirus Fears Mount in D.C. Jail After Quarantines

Lawyers, inmates' families, and correctional officers worry the jail is ill-prepared to handle an outbreak.

C.J. Ciaramella | 3.23.2020 5:00 PM

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Excessive Force

Guard Who Allegedly Paralyzed a Florida Inmate Has Long History of Complaints

Inmates complained for years that they were in fear for their lives. Now one of them is a quadriplegic.

C.J. Ciaramella | 11.1.2019 5:30 PM

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Policy

Union Battles Inmates Who Want To Work as Firefighters

Eric Boehm | 6.13.2019 6:00 AM

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Criminal Justice

A Terminally Ill, Wheelchair-Bound Inmate Applied for Compassionate Release. The Justice Department Argued He Wasn't Dying Fast Enough To Qualify.

The FIRST STEP Act gives dying inmates the opportunity to appeal to a judge for compassionate release. This case shows why.

C.J. Ciaramella | 5.3.2019 2:00 PM

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Jail

The Majority of an Oklahoma Sheriff's Office Just Quit Over Unsafe Jail Conditions

It's encouraging to see police stand up for inmates' rights.

Joe Setyon | 3.19.2019 10:30 AM

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Utah

Will Utah Ban the Shackling of Inmates in Labor?

A bill to stop the dangerous practice reaches the next step.

Zuri Davis | 3.18.2019 4:15 PM

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Civil Liberties

The Right Not To Snitch

The First Amendment protects your right to not be a rat.

C.J. Ciaramella | 10.9.2018 6:00 AM

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Jail

9 Women Describe Horrific Treatment at the Hands of Their Jailers

In California's Santa Rita Jail, pregnant inmates were pressured to have abortions, forced to go without food, and made to live in unsanitary conditions, a new lawsuit alleges.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.16.2018 1:50 PM

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Prisons

Oklahoma Jury Rules in Favor of Army Vet Who Died in Jail Due to Neglect

Tulsa County owes $10.2 million in damages.

Lindsay Marchello | 3.21.2017 3:15 PM

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Civil Liberties

Cell Blocks Aren't Psych Wards

Even with the best of intentions, using jails to house the mentally ill is a bad policy.

C.J. Ciaramella | 2.21.2017 6:00 AM

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