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7:01pm Apr 18, 2020

National National Music & Culture

'You Just Get Written Off': One Inmate On Life On Rikers During The Pandemic

Rikers Island jail in New York City is currently in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak. Inmate Daryl Campbell is currently under quarantine and shares his experience.

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4:31pm Apr 17, 2020

Health & Safety Health & Safety

COVID-19 Outbreak At North Carolina Prison Grows To Over 250

by Associated Press

A COVID-19 outbreak at a North Carolina state prison has spread to more than 250 inmates, prison officials said Friday.
Damian Dovarganes / AP

4:44pm Apr 09, 2020

National National

Advocates: Inmates Released Early Due To Pandemic Need Help To Safely Shelter

by Eric Westervelt

In California, former inmates released early to help reduce coronavirus risks behind bars lack support when they get out, say advocates, who want better, organized help to address the crisis.
Elaine Thompson / AP

12:29pm Apr 09, 2020

National National Health & Safety

Inmates In Washington State Protest After Fellow Prisoners Test Positive For COVID-19

by Scott Neuman

More than 100 prisoners at Monroe Correctional Complex's minimum-security unit set off fire extinguishers in protest after six fellow inmates were diagnosed with COVID-19 in recent days.
4:15pm Apr 02, 2020

Crime Crime Health & Safety

Eight In State Correctional System Test Positive For COVID-19

by Eddie Garcia

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety has announced that four inmates and four prison employees have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Kim Chandler / AP

7:50pm Jan 29, 2020

National National

Alabama To Move Most Inmates From Notoriously Crowded, Violent Holman Prison

by Colin Dwyer

The state's Department of Corrections said it is largely decommissioning the facility. Federal officials have condemned Alabama's prison system as understaffed, overcrowded and outright "cruel."
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6:29pm Dec 18, 2019

National National

New Jersey Governor Signs Bills Restoring Voting Rights To More Than 80,000 People

by Vanessa Romo

"These are residents ... have been needlessly prevented from having a voice in the future direction of their communities," Gov. Phil Murphy said.
Catie Dull / NPR

5:00am Nov 12, 2019

Science Science Books Health & Safety

Opioid Addiction In Jails: An Anthropologist's Perspective

by Emily Vaughn

In Getting Wrecked: Women, Incarceration, and the American Opioid Crisis, a Rikers Island doctor says drug treatment in U.S. jails and prisons is often shaped by societal prejudice, not science.
W.W.Norton & Co.

5:41pm Nov 03, 2019

Books Books

'Felon' Author Says, 'Everybody Has To Tell Their Kids Something'

by Leila Fadel

Lawyer-poet Reginald Dwayne Betts for years hid the fact that he had served time in prison. Now, this time in his life is at the center of his new collection of poems.
Rio de Janeiro Penitentiary Administration Secretariat via AP

3:36pm Aug 05, 2019

World News World News

Brazilian Drug Trafficker Tries To Escape Prison Disguised As His Daughter

by Merrit Kennedy

Turns out the departing "visitor" wasn't a woman at all – but a drug trafficker sentenced to decades in prison and boldly trying to escape. He was reportedly caught because he was acting nervous.
Sarah McCammon / NPR

10:07am Jun 17, 2019

National National

Pregnant, Locked Up, And Alone

by Sarah McCammon

Natalie Lynch spent the last two weeks of her pregnancy in a prison cell, mostly alone. As female incarceration rates rise, some states are banning solitary confinement of pregnant women.

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5:14pm May 23, 2019

National National Economy

Former Inmates Are Getting Jobs As Employers Ignore Stigma In Bright Economy

by Jasmine Garsd

People convicted of felonies often have difficulties getting hired. But many employers say they're suffering a labor shortage, and attitudes toward hiring people with criminal records are changing.

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