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.
This deadly and contagious disease has exposed problems with prison systems that have been ignored for decades.
"What they are doing to people is cruel and unusual. It isn't right."
Lawyers, inmates' families, and correctional officers worry the jail is ill-prepared to handle an outbreak.
Inmates complained for years that they were in fear for their lives. Now one of them is a quadriplegic.
The FIRST STEP Act gives dying inmates the opportunity to appeal to a judge for compassionate release. This case shows why.
It's encouraging to see police stand up for inmates' rights.
A bill to stop the dangerous practice reaches the next step.
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.
Tulsa County owes $10.2 million in damages.
Even with the best of intentions, using jails to house the mentally ill is a bad policy.