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California inmates accuse prison commissaries of price gouging
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPublished with permission from Capital and Main, a nonprofit California-based news partner. Jose...
Massachusetts inmates sue prison system over solitary confinement policies
WFXT via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBOSTON (AP) — Inmates in Massachusetts have filed a class action lawsuit challenging the state...
State prison warden banned braids, cornrows and dreadlocks. A Black inmate is now suing.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe February 2021 prison memo sent by Warden Brad Adams was clear. “Effective immediately” inmates...
Why some Kansas inmates are making more money than you
KSNT Topeka via Yahoo News· 3 months agoTOPEKA (KSNT) – Just because you’re incarcerated in Kansas doesn’t mean your time behind bars will...
Standoff at Bristol County House of Corrections was 'seconds away' from hostage situation
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDARTMOUTH - The hours-long inmate standoff at the Bristol County House of Corrections Friday was...
Advocates shine light on Florida's $2.2 billion problem: Decaying, expensive prisons
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFlorida is responsible for housing 85,000 prisoners − a population a bit greater than Daytona...
Prisoner pay rise being considered as rise in cost of living has left inmates struggling
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA pay rise is being considered for prisoners after jail watchdogs warned inflation has left them...
Waupun Correctional Institution has been on partial lockdown for a month. Here's what to know.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Waupun Correctional Institution has been on partial lockdown for more than a month and officials...
Lawsuits target 'extortionate' phone calls, commissary items in California jails
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA lawsuit targets the high price of phone calls and commissary items in the Los Angeles jails,...
All 7 inmate suicides at Bristol County House of Correction since 2017 involved bunk beds
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDARTMOUTH - All seven suicides at the main Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth between...