70% AND GROWING
New figures provided by the Bureau of Prisons show that out of 2,700 tests systemwide, nearly 2,000 have come back positive, strongly suggesting
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Prison Depopulation Crucial Corona Virus Pandemic
THE PRITZKER CLEMENCY CONUNDRUM
Activists and attorneys have also implored Pritzker to use his powers of clemency, as pardons, commutations, amnesties, and reprieves are the most effective
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PLEASE JOIN US, PEOPLE!
Join us for a public hearing on the current conditions that incarcerated people are facing under the COVID-19 pandemic and how communities inside
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BEDFORD HILLS PRISON IN CRISIS
“Ninety-six percent of staff here turn a deaf ear because they feel we deserve the cruelty, we deserve to be locked in a
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COVID-19 MAKES STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
“You know right now I don’t think it’s inmate versus staff,” he said. “Right now we are all trying to come together and
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PRISON STAFF IN SAME BOAT AS PRISONERS: Sitting Ducks
More than six weeks after the first North Carolina inmate tested positive for COVID-19, the state is beginning to offer free testing for
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WAYNE COUNTY JAIL CALLED A DEATH SENTENCE
When COVID-19 began tearing through Detroit’s county jail system in March, authorities had no diagnostic tests to gauge its spread. But the toll
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WONDERFUL BREAKING NEWS: Willie Mae Harris Is Going Home!
Clemency is one of several mechanisms to relieve overcrowded prisons and reward prisoners for their behavior while incarcerated. Since taking office four years
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FREEDOM WITHOUT A HOME IS A PRISON REVOLVING DOOR
Although the unsanitary conditions of correctional facilities and the risk of COVID-19 spread should ultimately lead to the release of all incarcerated and
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