Posts Tagged ‘prison’
Bill to ban solitary confinement in federal prisons introduced in House
A bill that would ban the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons, jails and detention centers was introduced to the House of Representatives on Thursday.
Read MoreSupreme Court Ruling Presents Challenges for Innocent Federal Prisoners
Innocence may no longer matter for some wrongfully convicted prisoners are a recent Supreme Court decision.
Read MoreCalifornia 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.
Read MorePrison deaths up by 46% in 2020
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the decline of life expectancy in the United States can be linked directly to mass incarceration. Blacks in the US are the population most affected by mass incarceration.
Read MoreA Law Was Meant to Free Sick or Aging Inmates. Instead, Some Are Left to Die in Prison.
The First Step Act was supposed to help free terminally ill and aging federal inmates who pose little or no threat to public safety. But while petitions for compassionate release skyrocketed during the pandemic, judges denied most requests, including Jimmy Dee Stout, aged 62 with terminal lung cancer, who wants to die at home.
Read MoreMissouri man who served 27 years in prison is freed as judge vacates his murder conviction
After 27 years in prison, Lamar Johnson is finally free, thanks to a judge’s ruling that witness testimony was faulty.
Read MoreThe teen who was refused the chance to be with her dad as he was executed says the ‘justice system failed me’
At 19 years old, Kevin Johnson was convicted of murder. However, at 19, his daughter lost her case to see her father’s last breath.
Read MoreBlack voters in Louisiana ‘embarrassed’ by state’s failure to pass anti-slavery amendment
Changes in an anti-prison labor bill confused Louisiana voters, who ultimately decided not to pass the measure earlier this month.
Read MoreTupac Shakur’s stepfather to be freed from prison after more than 35 years
After activists made a case for his compassionate release, Mutulu Shakur has been released from prison, where he spent 35 years of his life.
Read MoreClosing Rikers: 18th Jail Death Leads to 18-hour Protest
Activists want change after a recent spate of inmate deaths at Riker’s Island, New York’s main prison complex.
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