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Three men in blue uniforms sleep on the floor, as one sits on a chair nearby.
News November 4, 2022
Why So Many Jails Are in a ‘State of Complete Meltdown’
Overcrowding, violence and abuse proliferate at jails across the country, as staffing problems make long-simmering problems worse.
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A man from a nearby prison was shackled to the bed in a Rhode Island hospital while being treated with a ventilator for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit in December.
Coronavirus June 30, 2021
A Half-Million People Got COVID-19 in Prison. Are Officials Ready for the Next Pandemic?
People who live and work in prisons worry they remain vulnerable, even as life behind bars returns to business as usual.
By , and Claudia Lauer
Judge Thelton Henderson, who has presided over a series of prison cases that ultimately forced radical changes in the system, at the University of California Berkeley School of Law.
The California Experiment April 23, 2018
The Catalyst
Thelton Henderson transformed California’s criminal justice system. Now comes the backlash.
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Feature April 12, 2016
The Prison Visit That Cost My Family $2,370
How loved ones bear the hidden cost of shipping inmates out of state.
by and Rui Kaneya
Feature March 24, 2016
The Deadly Consequences of Solitary With a Cellmate
Imagine living in a cell that’s smaller than a parking space — with a homicidal roommate.
By and Joe Shapiro
Feature September 21, 2015
A Letter to Pope Francis
You are about to enter Philadelphia’s largest jail. Here is what you should know.
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Feature July 2, 2015
California’s Jail-building Boom
What comes after mass incarceration? Local incarceration.
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Inmates at Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Ala.
News January 12, 2015
Beat the Feds
Alabama pitches prison reform as a states' rights issue.
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News November 17, 2014
Obama’s Prison Crisis
Crowded cells, aging inmates, soaring costs.
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