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Correctional officers beat and stomped more than 30 prisoners following an injury to an officer at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy, N.Y., according to inmates.

Dangerous Conditions in Prisons/Jails

Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times
St. Louis
‘We Can Do Hard Things’: How a Grassroots Campaign Shut Down a Notorious St. Louis Jail
A new documentary, “Hell on Hall Street,” shows how community organizations fought to close and, ultimately, demolish the jail known as The Workhouse.
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A photo shows a Black woman hugging her son in front of their house. The woman is wearing a black sweater. The son is wearing headphones, a beanie, glasses, a backpack and a red sweater.
An illustration is composed of three sections, from left: 1) a drawing of a Black man with his arms out toward dollar bills floating in the air. A paper crane made from a folded dollar bill flies away from him; 2) a drawing of a Black man with his hand holding the bars of a jail cell. The bars turn into a window looking out on the sky, representing freedom. Folded paper birds made from legal documents fly across the illustration; 3) a drawing of a Black man with his hands over his face. Exclamation points and other signs of mental health challenges hover over his head, as well as two folded paper birds made from legal documents.
Jackson November 3
‘Lost in the System’: What It’s Like to Be Stuck for Months in a Mississippi Jail
Getting arrested in Hinds County leaves some people sitting in jail for months or years with their cases in limbo, waiting for formal charges.
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A photo shows a sign on a lawn that reads, “Joliet Treatment Center.” There are yellow buildings surrounded by barbed wire fencing in the background.
News October 30
After Our Prison Fires Investigation, Illinois Made Some Safety Fixes. Are They Enough?
Fire alarms remain broken at the Joliet Treatment Center, a prison designed to treat people with mental illness.
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A collage shows images of a jail door, a parking garage with signs that read “No More Jail Deaths,” clippings of legal documents, windows of a jail, two people holding a casket and a Black woman crying.
St. Louis October 21
‘It’s Just So Dangerous’: Why People Keep Dying at the St. Louis City Jail
A Marshall Project/St. Louis Public Radio analysis shows the top causes of death at the jail are untreated medical conditions, drug use or suicide.
By , The Marshall Project, and Lacretia Wimbley, St. Louis Public Radio
A still image from a body camera shows Jennifer Wade’s cell with three corrections officers standing outside and two standing inside. Her body is not visible.
Cleveland October 15
After Series of Deaths, Cuyahoga County Jail Struggles To Implement New CPR Policy
Jail officials updated an employee handbook in January to require CPR in medical emergencies, but they haven’t informed most corrections officers yet.
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A black-and-white photo shows dozens of gravestones in a cemetery at night. In the background are a number of tall trees.
Analysis October 8
How America’s Patchwork of Death-In-Custody Rules Is Failing Families
Bodies of people who die in custody can be cremated, even when it violates their religion, or be donated to science without consent, finds new report.
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A photo shows a sun setting in between a building and barb wired fences. Dusk lighting make the building appear as a silhouette. In the foreground is a close-up of a wired fence.
Closing Argument September 26
From Sweltering Cells to Frigid Tents: The Extreme Temperatures of Incarceration
While Texas faces a 2029 deadline to install AC and California debates workplace exemptions, incarcerated people endure extreme heat and freezing detention camps.
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A photo shows a White man on the left, dressed in a navy blue T-shirt and green-and-white striped pants, playing a guitar; and a Black man in a white T-shirt and green-and-white striped pants, playing a guitar. They are standing in a rehearsal room with an amplifier, an instrument case, and a stool, among other musical equipment.
Jackson August 28
Mississippi Prison Band Offers a Glimpse of Freedom in a Lifetime of Punishment
The latest incarnation of the band composed of incarcerated people at Parchman prison toured the state and will release an album next year.
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A purple-toned collage features a police badge, surveillance footage, a close-up of an eye, a police officer wearing a body camera and excerpts from Colorado law.
News August 27
Women Learned Their Jail Strip Searches Were Recorded. Their Outrage Changed the Law.
Women who organized to push for a new Colorado law hope it will become a model for other states.
By Candice Norwood, The 19th
A collage shows images of clippings of legal documents, officers holding a shield in front of a cell door, a silhouette of a person, a logo of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, a mural and two officers holding a person who is handcuffed.
St. Louis August 24
Nowhere Else to Go: One Man’s Perilous Journey in Jail to Understand Charges Against Him
A man’s time in a Missouri jail is a cautionary tale about the dangers of an overwhelmed system where vulnerable defendants and jailers await help.
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