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Mina Corpuz with Mississippi Today and Daja E. Henry with The Marshall Project review their deep-dive reporting into suicides in Mississippi’s prisons. Inmates — including those known to pose harm to themselves — are often locked away in solitary confinement without adequate checks on their wellbei…
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The New York State Police are investigating three deaths at separate prisons in the North Country over the last week.
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Incarcerated people and their families are exploited in an unjust system.
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A recent report found three of the six suicides in Massachusetts prisons in 2025 took place in segregated units.
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Some welcome the resource while others fear violations of privacy and punishment for sharing their thoughts.
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A US federal judge temporarily halted a plan by President Donald Trump’s administration to move 20 former federal death row incarcerated people to the country’s most restrictive correctional facility.
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The number of Missourians waiting in jail for services from the state’s mental health department continues to rise, with a backlog of more than 500 people with stalled cases.
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The conditions at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility are akin to solitary confinement, local experts say — an apparent violation of state law.
United States: "recurring failures", system threaten health, safety of staff and incarcerated people
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A state report cites unsafe conditions and operational failures that force correctional officers into prolonged shifts and hazardous working environments.
United States: for those with addiction, going into and coming out of prison can be a minefield
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At the Ninilchik Community Clinic, patient was there to treat her opioid use disorder – a shot she thought might be her last for a while since there was a warrant out for her arrest. The Alaska Department of Corrections does not provide comprehensive access to this life saving medication.
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Handlang has been incarcerated in men’s prisons in Missouri for 11 years. While in prison, she says she has experienced a great deal of violence and discrimination.
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At any given time, nearly 2 million individuals are incarcerated in the United States. Rooted in the legacy of slavery, intensified by the war on drugs, and sustained by deeply embedded racial inequities, the U.S. legal structure has given rise to a sprawling system of mass incarceration.
United States: mystery meat and maggot-infested produce, the disturbing reality of US prison food
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In Eating Behind Bars, author Leslie Soble details how food is used to further punish incarcerated people in the US. At best you get “mystery meat”. Or “sour-smelling heaps” of macaroni. In the worst cases, it’s undercooked chicken, spoiled milk and maggot-infested produce.