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Guards Offer Snack Bounty To Beat Up 13-Year-Old Boy In Detention
Think Progress - Tue Jul 19, 2016
A juvenile detention center in Fort Lauderdale is under fire for offering food as a reward for beating up a teenager in its custody. More»

Poor offenders pay price when probation turns on profit
The Tennesseean - Sun Apr 17, 2016
MURFREESBORO - Outside the $200-a-week motel room that Steven Gibbs and his family call home, the afternoon sun sparkles. More»

Nevada Prisoner Forced To Smash His Own Teeth Out
Think Progress - Fri Apr 1, 2016
A Nevada inmate languished in solitary confinement for eight months while prison staff ignored pleas for medical help. More»

Arkansas judge accused of coercing young men into sex in exchange for lighter sentences
Raw Story - Mon Nov 16, 2015
An Arkansas judge was accused of targeting "young Caucasian male litigants" and using his position to offer them lighter sentences in exchange for sex, the Arkansas Times reported. More»

How Chicago Police 'Disappeared' 7,000 People in an Off-the-Books Interrogation Warehouse
The Guardian - Mon Oct 19, 2015
At least 3,500 Americans have been detained inside a Chicago police warehouse described by some of its arrestees as a secretive interrogation facility, newly uncovered records reveal. More»

Bernie Sanders Just Promised To End The For-Profit Prison Industry
Counter Current - Wed Aug 19, 2015
At a Nevada rally for Bernie Sanders last night, the Democratic hopeful focused on issues of police brutality and civil rights. More»

Texas judge orders young man to marry girlfriend & write Bible verses to avoid jail time
Raw Story - Thu Aug 6, 2015
A Texas man facing jail time for getting into a fight with his girlfriend's old boyfriend was given two choices by an East Texas judge: go to jail or marry his girlfriend in 30 days, reports KLTV. More»

Oklahoma adopts nitrogen as possible execution method
Associated Press - Fri Apr 17, 2015
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma may use nitrogen gas as an alternative execution method if the US Supreme Court finds the state's lethal injection process unconstitutional or drugs are unavailable, under a bill Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed on Friday. More»

Prosecutor fired amid reports of sterilization in plea deals
Associated Press - Thu Apr 2, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - A Nashville prosecutor has been fired after reports surfaced that he made sterilization of women part of plea negotiations in some cases. More»

Corporation Literally Served Inmates Trash
Think Progress - Mon Mar 30, 2015
Two weeks ago Progress Michigan uncovered emails revealing that a prison food provider served cakes nibbled on by rats to inmates. More»

Man serves 900 days in jail, though he didn't commit a crime
AP - Thu Mar 12, 2015
PORTLAND, Oregon - A man waiting to testify in an Oregon murder case has been held in jail as a material witness for nearly 900 days, though he has committed no crime. More»

The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site'
The Guardian - Mon Feb 23, 2015
The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site. More»

Guard Arrested After Rikers Island Inmate "Bakes to Death" in Hot Cell
NBC - Sun Dec 7, 2014
A jail guard has been arrested in connection with the February death of a homeless ex-Marine inside a 101-degree Fahrenheit jail cell in a special Rikers Island unit for mentally ill inmates, prosecutors said Monday. More»

Georgia's Top Court Reins In Private Probation Firms For Illegally Extending Sentences
Think Progress - Mon Dec 1, 2014
While all eyes were on Ferguson last week, the Georgia Supreme Court issued an important ruling on another element of the criminal justice system. More»

Alabama Jailers Let Prisoners Die From Easily Treatable Illnesses to Save Money
AlterNet - Mon Oct 20, 2014
Three lawsuits recently filed in federal court accuse the state of Alabama of denying prisoners with easily treatable illnesses or injuries proper medical care resulting in the prisoner's death. More»

Incarcerated To Death: How The Mentally Ill Are Abused, Neglected, And Humiliated In South Carolina's Prisons
Think Progress - Tue Jan 14, 2014
Jerome Laudman, a schizophrenic, intellectually disabled inmate in South Carolina, was placed in solitary confinement, although he was neither aggressive nor threatening. More»

California Bans Indefinite Detentions
Huffington Post - Thu Oct 3, 2013
Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed a statewide ban on indefinite detentions into law Tuesday, prohibiting compliance with provisions of federal law. More»

Texas experimenting with secret execution drugs
Reuters - Thu Oct 3, 2013
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Three Texas death row inmates claim the state plans to execute them by experimenting with new drugs, never used for such a purpose, that were obtained under false pretenses, attorneys told Reuters on Wednesday. More»

Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial
Associated Press - Sun May 19, 2013
KERRVILLE, Texas - The judge ascended the bench. More»

Innocent woman spends 53 days in jail
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Thu Jul 5, 2012
From August 21 until October 12, Teresa Culpepper was locked in the Fulton County Jail. More»

In Bid to Cut Costs at Some Texas Prisons, Lunch Will Not Be Served on Weekends
New York Times - Thu Oct 20, 2011
HOUSTON, Texas - Texas prison officials last month ended the decades-old practice of serving last meals to inmates about to be executed after one man ordered an elaborate feast of hamburgers, pizza and chicken-fried steaks that he did not eat. More»

Alabama brings back slavery for Latinos
The Guardian, UK - Wed Oct 12, 2011
Here's how: pass a draconian immigration law, lock up "illegals" in private prisons, then get the new inmates to work in the fields. More»

When Prison Is Just Not Convenient for Rich People
Forbes - Mon Jul 4, 2011
Both former CEOs Jeff Skilling (Enron) and Bernie Ebbers (WorldCom) received 25 year sentences and were allowed to drive to prison as if it were a first day of work. More»

Guantanamo Detainee dies after exercising
The Daily Mail - Sat Feb 5, 2011
A suspected Taliban commander collapsed and died at Guantanamo Bay prison after working out on an exercise machine, it emerged today. More»

US bands blast use of music in Guantanamo interrogations
AFP - Thu Oct 22, 2009
WASHINGTON - A group of top US acts including REM and Pearl Jam on Thursday expressed outrage that loud music was being blasted at Guantanamo detainees as part of "terror" interrogations. More»

Do the crime, pay for the time, as in $90 a day
Associated Press - Tue Aug 4, 2009
A one-night stay? Ninety dollars; Need to see a doctor? Ten bucks; Want toilet paper? Pay for it yourself. More»

Caught on camera: 40 prison guards kick and punch juvenile inmates... already handcuffed
Daily Mail, UK - Wed Jul 15, 2009
In shocking CCTV footage of a prison riot, guards kicked and punched young inmates who were already in handcuffs. More»

One of every 13 Georgia adults are in prison or on probation
Associated Press - Mon Mar 2, 2009
The number of people on parole and probation across the United States has surged past 5 million, and Georgia leads the way, according to a new report. More»

Widow sues over man's death at immigration center
Associated Press - Mon Feb 9, 2009
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - A Chinese immigrant held at a privately operated detention center was denied medical care, abused and accused of faking his illness in the weeks before he died of cancer, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by the man's widow. More»

Federal Judge threatens to jail Atlanta commissioners
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Mon Jan 26, 2009
A federal judge on Tuesday threatened Fulton County commissioners with fines or incarceration if they don't provide adequate funding for the county jail. More»

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