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Jamaican citizens account for more than half the total number of Caribbean citizens now incarcerated in United States (US) prisons.
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Massachusetts’ prison system faces a federal lawsuit challenging how it provides inmates with opioid addiction medications.
USA: Trump makes the most important anti-hunger programm harder to access for people leaving prison
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Under a new rule announced yesterday, the Trump administration expects to slash 688,000 from the rolls of people receiving short-term food assistance.
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said Friday that he’s suspended a policy that allowed prison officials to strip search an 8-year-old girl who was visiting her father.
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Abu Zubaydah was captured by US forces after a gun fight in Faisalabad, Pakistan, in March 2002. US officials incorrectly believed the Saudi Arabian citizen was a member of al-Qaida and transported him to a secret US-run prison, known as a black site, in Thailand.
USA: quand la prison fait payer aux détenus la lecture d’ebooks dans le domaine public
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USA: les exécutions fédérales ne reprendront pas dans l’immédiat
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Despite years of recommendations focusing on problems in the Delaware Department of Correction’s healthcare system, a report issued Thursday by the state’s largest private healthcare provider found that many have not been addressed.
Take a recommendation from the Pew Charitable Trusts in 2017 that…
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Although there are fewer people in prison than there were a decade ago, costs have surged along with the share of inmates who are older — and sicker.
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Nevada must comply with a recent federal appeals court ruling requiring that inmates receive state-funded gender confirmation surgery.
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Phone calls to family are vital to inmates’ morale and relationships, but many can’t afford the high rates and fees.
USA: "Capitalisme carcéral" : la prison du futur sera partout
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A group of transgender plaintiffs sued the state of Illinois for the right to change their legal name despite past felony convictions.
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Women are the fastest-growing population of inmates in the United States. And what they’re being sentenced for may surprise you.
United States of America: cheese on a trap
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Qwantay will be released in 2034. Prison Insider asked him what his first day in prison was like. This is what he told us.
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French artist JR worked with California prisoners to create his latest installation.
USA: les gardiens de prison de Jeffrey Epstein inculpés
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