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Shackled For Days and Weeks: A Federal Report Finds Widespread Abuse in Prisons

The report, by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, comes after an investigative series by The Marshall Project and NPR exposed similar abuses.

News • 07.11.2025

When People Fear Me Based on My Jail Tats and Scars, They Miss the Real Me

A recent ride to a public clinic gave Jose Armendariz a quick break from jail. But he couldn’t escape the fear and judgement of the other patients.

Life Inside • 07.29.2022

I Had a High-Risk Pregnancy in Jail — Then I Gave Birth in Chains

When Rebecca Figueroa was arrested two months into her pregnancy, she didn’t worry because she wasn’t guilty. But seven months later, she was still in jail and totally unprepared for a high-risk pregnancy, childbirth in restraints and the constant fear of losing her daughter.

Life Inside • 04.01.2022

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