prisons

Sep 25, 2024
Why Britain is releasing prisoners early
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The U.K. is releasing prisoners as a solution to overcrowding.
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Feb 1, 2021
The “afterlife” of mass incarceration
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In a new book, sociologist Reuben Jonathan Miller explores the punishments formerly imprisoned people face after their release. Read an excerpt here.
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Jan 9, 2020
The relationship between drug companies and jails
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Incarcerated people form a large market for pharmaceutical companies. The ethics of that relationship can be complicated.
Dec 29, 2017
Private prison stocks aren’t feeling the expected boom
Stocks in the for-profit prison sector skyrocketed after the election of President Donald Trump. The Obama administration and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had both pledged to phase out their use by federal authorities — an approach Trump rejected. But the industry hasn’t seen the sustained boost many investors expected. Click the audio player above to […]
May 12, 2017
Private prisons benefit from new Trump rules
The Trump administration is going back to the “tough on crime” policies of the 1980s and ’90s. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered federal prosecutors to bring charges that carry heavy penalties – sometimes mandatory minimum sentences. This is a roll-back of Obama administration rules telling prosecutors not to charge nonviolent drug offenders with crimes that […]
Jan 13, 2017
A small Georgia town where prisons play a big role
Ali Guillory
McRae-Helena could see its fortunes change under the Trump administration.
Aug 30, 2016
Correction officers shortage: a danger to inmates?
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Florida's shortage means delayed showers, cancelled classes and increased violence.
Aug 29, 2016
Florida struggles to keep corrections officers in state prisons
Alisa Roth
Hours for corrections officers are long, and pay is low.
Aug 29, 2016
Florida has a shortage of corrections officers for state prisons
Alisa Roth
Turnover in the department last year was 22 percent.
Aug 19, 2016
Private prisons on the way out
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Justice Department to phase out federal contracts.