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Advocacy group calls for federal investigation into Trousdale Turner prison
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA national prisoner advocacy group is urging the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate alleged...
California may allow more ill, dying inmates to leave prison
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCalifornia would allow more ill and dying inmates to be released from state prisons under...
Advocates push for investigator to look at 'failings' leading up to Eliza Fletcher's death
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo advocacy groups are asking for a special investigator to look into various agencies for possible...
House Passes a Bill To Create Independent Oversight of the Troubled Federal Prison System
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoLunamarina/Dreamstime.com The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday night by a nearly...
DC area prosecutors pledge to visit local correctional facilities
WDVM via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Prosecutors from all over the country – many of whom are in the DMV area...
Biden shortens ‘disproportionately long’ drug sentences for convicted Florida men
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPresident Joe Biden on Friday announced he has shortened the sentence of three men prosecuted in...
Why some states are reforming minimum sentencing requirements
Newsy via AOL· 1 year agoGwen Levi walks with her head held high down a busy section of downtown Baltimore. Levi's life lately is a far cry from where she was just a few years ago, behind bars in federal prison, after ...
Nassar stabbed in prison cell, attack not seen by surveillance cameras, AP source says
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoInvestigators probing disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar’s stabbing Sunday at a federal...
Advocates Say the Justice Department Is Failing To Provide Relief to Women Who Were Abused in Prison
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe Justice Department announced last year that it would expand a program to grant compassionate...
Senators push new oversight to combat federal prison crises
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring...