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Prison Protest Is Now Part Of Shadowproof
New York City Council Proposes Taxpayers Bail Some Inmates Out of Jails
New York City Enters Settlement With Feds Over Rikers Island Brutality
Excited Delirium, the Use of Force and the Death of Natasha McKenna
Against Reform: Beyond Rikers Island

New York City Council Introduces 10 Bills to Reform Rikers Island

Update: A few thoughts on this reform package. This week, New York City Council members introduced 10 bills outlining various reforms to the [Continue reading]

April 30, 2015

Medical Examiner Says Mentally Ill Inmate Natasha McKenna Died of Excited Delirium
April 29, 2015

Protest May 2nd to #EndFamilyDetention in Dilley, Texas
April 23, 2015

Corizon Health Staff on Rikers Island File Federal Labor Complaint Over Dangerous Work Environment
April 5, 2015

Report: Rikers Island Health Staff Shouldn’t Participate in Solitary Confinement Placement Process

Rikers Island

Screenshot from "Worse Than Animals: Prison System Voices Decry Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill (1/2)" by Democracy NOW! on YouTube.

April 5, 2015 0

Report: Rikers Island Health Staff Shouldn’t Participate in Solitary Confinement Placement Process

The Associated Press got a sneak preview of a new study that found the medical ethics of healthcare workers [Continue reading]

March 30, 2015

New solitary confinement unit plagued by old problems on Rikers Island
March 19, 2015

NYC DOC withholding records on violence against developmentally disabled juvenile inmate: lawsuit
February 16, 2015

New wrongful death lawsuit raises more questions about coming Rikers Island reforms
January 27, 2015

Report: Corizon’s “flagrantly inadequate, substandard and dangerous” care killed Rikers inmate Bradley Ballard

Privatization

April 23, 2015 0

Corizon Health Staff on Rikers Island File Federal Labor Complaint Over Dangerous Work Environment

According to the NY Daily News, a group of medical staffers from New York City jail medical contractor [Continue reading]

April 3, 2015

Undocumented mothers put in solitary after 78 launch hunger strike at private prison
April 1, 2015

Lawsuits highlight multiple inmate deaths under private contractor in Pennsylvania
March 13, 2015

Private contractor deliberately ignored medical needs of Kentucky inmate: lawsuit
February 14, 2015

Ohio quietly recommends new contract with troubled private food contractor Aramark

Inmate Healthcare

March 30, 2015 1

New solitary confinement unit plagued by old problems on Rikers Island

At the beginning of March, New York City’s Board of Correction released a preliminary report on Rikers [Continue reading]

March 19, 2015

NYC DOC withholding records on violence against developmentally disabled juvenile inmate: lawsuit
March 13, 2015

Private contractor deliberately ignored medical needs of Kentucky inmate: lawsuit
March 5, 2015

Lawsuit: Corizon doctor tells New York City inmate to throw severed finger in trash can
February 25, 2015

Thousands of immigrant prisoners moved to undisclosed locations after protesting conditions

Immigrant Detention

October 28, 2014 1

Prison News Round-up for Oct. 28, 2014

There are far too many stories out there that I want to write about, but I just don’t have the time to [Continue reading]

October 1, 2014

CCA is on Both Sides of the Arizona Attorney General Race
September 1, 2014

Peaceful Inmate Protest Highlights Dysfunction and Disservice of CCA’s Ohio Private Immigrant Prison
August 29, 2014

State Rep. Hagan Tours Ohio Private Immigrant Prison After Nearly 250 Inmates Protest Conditions and Treatment
August 22, 2014

Peaceful Inmate Protest Met with ‘Show of Force’ at Private Immigrant Prison in Ohio

Juvenile Detention

February 12, 2015 0

In New York City, ending youth solitary confinement comes with a complicated price tag

Under Mayor de Blasio’s new preliminary budget, 282 correction officers would be brought on to oversee [Continue reading]

January 16, 2015

NYC’s new rules for solitary are not the reforms we’ve been looking for
January 13, 2015

UPDATED: NYC Board of Corrections Approves New Rules for Solitary Confinement, ESHU
January 11, 2015

NYC Doubles Down on Solitary Confinement with Latest Rikers “Reforms”
January 8, 2015

Rikers Island Reform: the Good, the Bad and the Omitted

Ohio quietly recommends new contract with troubled private food contractor Aramark
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New wrongful death lawsuit raises more questions about coming Rikers Island reforms
Federal Government Drops CCA Contract in Ohio, But Remains Committed to Private Prisons
Mentally Ill School Shooter TJ Lane Escapes Violent, Overcrowded Ohio Prison
Private Probation: How a $300 Fine Becomes a $9,000 Ransom
The Weak Pursuit of Accountability for Rikers Island's 'Culture of Brutality'
Incarcerated Women in California Pen Open Letter Against GEO Group's New Private Prison
Idaho Officials: Missing Inmate Medical Records and $100k Drug Shortage Plagues Private Prison Transition

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Prison Protest Is Now Part Of Shadowproof

New York City Council Proposes Taxpayers Bail Some Inmates Out of Jails

New York City Enters Settlement With Feds Over Rikers Island Brutality

Excited Delirium, the Use of Force and the Death of Natasha McKenna

Against Reform: Beyond Rikers Island

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New York City Council Introduces 10 Bills to Reform Rikers Island

Rikers Island

Report: Rikers Island Health Staff Shouldn’t Participate in Solitary Confinement Placement Process

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Corizon Health Staff on Rikers Island File Federal Labor Complaint Over Dangerous Work Environment

Inmate Healthcare

New solitary confinement unit plagued by old problems on Rikers Island

Immigrant Detention

Prison News Round-up for Oct. 28, 2014

Juvenile Detention

In New York City, ending youth solitary confinement comes with a complicated price tag

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