US prisons

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Indiana man receives 130 years in prison for murders of teenaged girls in 2017
Richard Allen received the maximum term for the killings in Delphi of Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14

Edward Helmore

20, Dec, 2024 @4:53 PM

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Survivors of prison sexual abuse scandal ask Biden for clemency: ‘Give us a chance’
Incarcerated women seek relief after exposing harassment, retaliation and assault by staff

Sam Levin

18, Dec, 2024 @2:00 PM

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US Bureau of Prisons pays ‘historic’ $115m to survivors of staff sexual abuse
Payout settles claims of abuse and retaliation at women’s prison in Dublin, California, now permanently closed

Sam Levin in Los Angeles

17, Dec, 2024 @10:43 PM

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Victims of ‘kids-for-cash’ judge outraged by Biden clemency: ‘What about all of us?’
Michael Conahan was convicted of accepting $2.8m for jailing more than 2,300 children, some as young as eight

Maya Yang

14, Dec, 2024 @7:10 PM

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‘Not intended to rehabilitate people’: inside America’s broken parole system
Documentary Nature of the Crime follows incarcerated men as they navigate a difficult and often politicized process

Radheyan Simonpillai

10, Dec, 2024 @10:01 AM

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US shuts down prisons amid scrutiny over sexual abuse and crisis of suicides
Bureau of Prisons closes California facility and suspends operations at six others as rights activists call for clemency

Sam Levin in Los Angeles

05, Dec, 2024 @10:55 PM

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Inmates burn themselves in protest at ‘inhumane’ Virginia prison conditions
Officials acknowledge prisoners have harmed themselves but say they did not set themselves on fire or self-immolate

Julian Roberts-Grmela

30, Nov, 2024 @4:00 PM

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Biden must Trump-proof US democracy, activists say: ‘There is a sense of urgency’
President can secure civil liberties, accelerate spending on climate and healthcare, and spare death row prisoners

David Smith in Washington

24, Nov, 2024 @12:00 PM

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Biden urged to use clemency powers to tackle ‘crisis’ of US mass incarceration
Members of Congress call on president to pardon or commute sentences before he leaves White House

Ed Pilkington

20, Nov, 2024 @9:20 PM

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Killings, stabbings, drugs: DoJ report paints damning picture of Atlanta jail
Investigators find prisoners at Fulton county jail, Georgia’s largest, tunneling through walls and violence unchecked

George Chidi in Atlanta

14, Nov, 2024 @11:33 PM

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California voters reject measure to ban forced prison labor
Prop 6, which would have banned involuntary servitude in prisons, fails in blow to criminal justice reform advocates

Sam Levin and agency

11, Nov, 2024 @7:26 PM

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Florida bail bondsman accused of coercing women to have sex for bond
Russell Bruce Moncrief, 75, faces counts of human trafficking and racketeering over ‘sickening scheme’

Ramon Antonio Vargas

01, Nov, 2024 @7:52 PM

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