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2 Central Texas prisons will return to state control from private prison contractor
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or TDCJ, will take control and staff two prisons in Central Texas later this year ...
More guards sexually abused women at CA prison called ‘rape club,’ feds say
A Justice Department investigation continues into a California women’s prison that came to be called the “rape club,” in connection with what federal officials have characterized as a culture of ...
Two more FCI Dublin women’s prison guards charged with sexual abuse, bringing total to 10
Already, seven prison staffers have either been convicted at trial or pleaded guilty to a slew of charges. An eighth is ...
Editorial: Take action on prison reform
The Legislature did its job passing changes in the wake of two killings; the governor needs to act with speed to make them ...
The Buffalo News4dOpinion
The Editorial Board: Good work on FOIL and prison reform, but Albany leaves plastic pollution untouched
The Legislature has responded to the recent killings of two inmates by New York State corrections officers inside prisons ...
Times Union5d
The prison system killed my son. Sentencing reform could save yours. - Times Union
The Second Look Act, Earned Time Act and Marvin Mayfield Act are a chance to change New York's toxic, unjust prison culture. Entrance to Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County on Dec. 19 ...