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Members of the public can send their dog at the Washington Corrections Center for Women for boarding, grooming and training through a program founded with the belief that human-animal bonds could be beneficial to people in prison.
United States: youth detention facilities face increased scrutiny amid a wave of abuse lawsuits
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Since the start of the year, there have been lawsuits filed in at least four states, including the one in Illinois. In April, more than 150 people sued New York City. In February, 63 people sued Maryland, bringing the total there to at least 200 people who have sued since last fall. In January, 50…
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More than 750,000 incarcerated students could potentially become eligible for Pell Grants. But to qualify, they must be at a prison that offers a college program approved by the federal Department of Education.To date, only one program has been fully approved, at Pelican Bay State Prison.
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The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday it will close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse.
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There is growing recognition among prison leaders that children are also affected by incarceration. Some prisons are looking for ways to build and maintain family ties during incarceration.
United States: women emerging from prison face disproportionate challenges to resuming their lives
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Ohio — an epicenter of the opioid crisis — is among the states that experienced the most dramatic jump in female prisoners. Programs aimed at helping women stay out of prison once they’re released have not grown at nearly the same pace, according to the National Institute of Justice.
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New court filings say that the city is violating an eight-year-old court order mandating access to education for people under 22.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom went far beyond the promise he made in his first year in office to close at least one California state prison. But now, he is resisting calls from criminal justice advocates and liberal state lawmakers to shutter five more penitentiaries.
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A pair of lawsuits filed this month claim that two county jails in Michigan banned in-person family visits for inmates several years ago as a way to boost county revenues from the increased number of phone calls and electronic messaging that resulted.
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Despite highly publicized arrests and promises of change, sexual abuse and retaliation continue at the prison in Dublin, California.
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Mississippi prison health care contractors withheld cancer diagnosis and treatment for years, a lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges.
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Decarceration advocates are fighting to free older inmates as temperatures soar to deadlier heights.
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Antonio Arnez Smith was granted medical furlough in September but was not released to his family until October. He died four days later.