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Prison Reform News

2020 State Ratings Report by Human Rights Protections for Children

Prison Reform NewsJanuary 7, 2021

For the past three decades a tragic confluence of factors, including the policies inspired by the now debunked “super-predator” theory, have wreaked havoc on children involved in the criminal justice…

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Mass Incarceration, COVID-19, and Community Spread

Prison Reform NewsJanuary 6, 2021

In 2020, a decades-long American policy failure — mass incarceration — collided with a brand new American policy failure: the mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic. After decades of needlessly locking…

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Prisons shouldn’t be charging medical co-pays – especially during a pandemic

Prison Reform NewsJanuary 4, 2021

Despite a record number of new COVID-19 cases in prisons this month, some state departments of correction are already starting to roll back necessary suspensions of medical co-pays. Prior to the…

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New data: Solitary confinement increases risk of premature death after release

Prison Reform NewsOctober 16, 2020

Any amount of time spent in solitary confinement increases the risk of death after release from prison, including deaths by suicide, homicide, and opioid overdose. by Andrea Fenster, October 13, 2020…

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I’ve been social distancing from my father for 31 years

Prison Reform NewsMay 12, 2020

It’s been nearly two months now since the U.S. was stricken by the coronavirus pandemic and Americans have been forced to adjust to this new normal of isolation. Millions of…

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Coronavirus is officially in Texas prisons and jails

Prison Reform NewsMarch 31, 2020

Officials at Texas prisons and jails have been taking preventive measures in recent weeks in the hopes of avoiding an outbreak of the new coronavirus behind bars. Now, with the…

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The “services” offered by jails don’t make them safe places for vulnerable people

Prison Reform NewsMarch 31, 2020

Prison Policy Initiative Discusses Safety in Prison Read the original article here. With jails considering major policy changes as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re seeing a…

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Tracking responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

Prison Reform NewsMarch 31, 2020

The Prison Policy Initiative is tracking responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Prisons and jails are amplifiers of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, because the conditions that can keep diseases from spreading –…

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US Awards Private Detention Contracts in California before State Law Prohibits Them

Prison Reform NewsDecember 31, 2019

The Trump administration awarded billions of dollars in contracts for private companies to operate immigration detention centers in California — just before a new state law takes effect to prohibit…

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Texas youth prisons still beset by gangs, violence, abuse

Prison Reform NewsDecember 31, 2019

They climbed the walls, threw food, joined gangs and beat each other up. Some said they were sexually victimized, and others refused to leave their cells out of fear. At…

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