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Commentary October 22, 2017
Bad Bail Practices and Immigration Policy Led To My Client’s Death At Rikers
Selmin Feratovic might be alive today if not for our deeply broken system.
By Anisha Gupta
News April 28, 2017
Just Another Week in Hell
The news from your local lockup is not good.
By Ken Armstrong
Life Inside November 17, 2016
My Daughter Died After Spending Four Days in Jail
“Her eyes were slightly open, but vacant.”
By Stephanie Moyer
Feature July 6, 2016
Inside the Deadly World of Private Prisoner Transport
Tens of thousands of people every year are packed into vans run by for-profit companies with almost no oversight.
By Eli Hager and Alysia Santo
News August 4, 2015
Why Jails Have More Suicides than Prisons
A new report and a growing phenomenon.
By Maurice Chammah and Tom Meagher
News July 22, 2015
The Sandra Bland Breakthrough
It’s not just black men who matter.
By Maura Ewing
Commentary June 9, 2015
Fixing the Jail Where Kalief Browder was Held
Former corrections chief Martin Horn has some ideas for Rikers Island.
By Martin F. Horn
News April 22, 2015
When Your Insulin Pump is Contraband
What diabetics face behind bars.
By Christie Thompson
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