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Prisoners sustain self-inflicted third-degree burns, calling out against ‘inhumane’ conditions

Virginia’s Black Legislative Caucus has called for the state to investigate neglect and injuries sustained at a supermax prison.

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Prisoners Deserve to Survive Natural Disasters, Too

Incarcerated people are vulnerable during natural disasters such as the recent hurricanes, and Kim Kelly argues their lives have value.

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Wisconsin DOC: Nonprofit can no longer send used books to prisoners

Wisconsin prisoners will have even less access to education through books due to changes in the DOC’s guidelines.

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Alabama Prisoners Sue State Over ‘Modern-Day Slavery’ Work Programs

Alabama prisoners are suing the state for coercing them into a “labor trafficking scheme” that’s being likened to the old Jim Crow.

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Recreational Therapist Helps Prisoners Get Their Heads Right

Naimah McDaniels works hard to promote mental health among incarcerated people who are so often underserved.

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Supreme Court Ruling Presents Challenges for Innocent Federal Prisoners

Innocence may no longer matter for some wrongfully convicted prisoners are a recent Supreme Court decision.

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California prisoner who swallowed a staple ends hunger strike to protest jail conditions

Jazz Svarda began a hunger strike at the Santa Rita Jail after swallowing a staple he believes was intentionally placed in his food.

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WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between the U.S. and Moscow

After a drug conviction by Russian courts that led to imprisonment, WNBA star Brittney Griner has been able to return home.

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Lawmakers Sponsor Bill to Give Federal Prisoners a Chance for “Second Look” at Their Sentences

Senator Cory Booker and Representative Karen Bass produced a bill as an effort to reform the prison system, titled the Matthew Charles and William Underwood Second Look Act. It provides this country a chance to change the prison system and focus on the rehabilitation of convicts rather than punishment.

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Inside prison walls, here’s how a book program is changing lives

Reginald Betts, who discovered how hard it was to find books in prison, helped spearhead this project to provide prisoners with books.

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