United States of America
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USA: les gardiens de prison de Jeffrey Epstein inculpés
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USA: Artist JR teamed up with current and former inmates to create a mural at a supermax prison outside LA
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USA: prison inmates gain life skills through training dogs
Thousands have come through the gates of the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility. But what happens when they walk out? The prison has dozens of programs meant to help the inmates become valued members of society. One program – involving dogs – is called the Prison Trained K-9 Companion Progr…USA: prisons are not the answer to preventing crime
Each day in the United States and Canada, it seems like the news media reports another shooting or act of violence that ends in tragedy. As a result, politicians and the public often leap to the conclusion that violence is on the rise and that the answer is to throw more people behind bars.USA: study shows link between restrictive housing and increased risk of mortality after release from prison
A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that being held in restrictive housing (i.e., solitary confinement) is associated with an increased risk of death after a person is released from prison.USA: Sheriffs release sick people from jail to avoid paying hospital bills
Michael Tidwell’s blood sugar reading was at least 15 times his normal level when sheriff’s deputies took him to the hospital. But before they loaded the inmate into the back of a car, deputies propped up his slumping body and handed him a pen so he could sign a release from the Washington County J…