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“An Attempt to Shift This Dynamic”—House Revives Prison Libraries Act
On January 27 lawmakers reintroduced the Prison Libraries Act, the first federal bill to ...
“Your Life Is Over”: Prison Guards on 16-Hour Shifts With No Backup
Three decades ago when I began my prison sentence, corrections officers worked eight-hour shifts. ...
DOJ Opens Wildcard Investigation Into Colorado Prisons, Youth Centers
The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division has announced a special investigation into conditions ...
As Gang Power Expands, Protective Custody in Prisons Is Changing
During my nearly 30 years of incarceration in the Tennessee prison system, there has ...
Prisoners Sue Aramark, Contractor for Both Kitchen Service and Commissary
Commissary vendors, which provide the food and hygiene items sold to incarcerated people at ...
FCC Moves Forward With Prison Cell Phone Signal-Jamming
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is moving right along in its bid to cut ...
The Georgia Parole Board Pardoned a Turkey
Each year when the president did the White House turkey pardons it always seemed ...
Some Prisons Have Quietly Stopped Giving Us Winter Clothes
After issuing prisoners the same lined winter jackets since 1991, last winter the Georgia ...
