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NY to release incarcerated people early from state prisons. How will the releases work?
Hundreds of incarcerated people will be released early from NY's prison system due to staffing shortages following a bruising ...
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Advocates push for incarcerated individuals’ rights at State House
A group of advocates for incarcerated individuals held a lobby day on Tuesday, pushing for reforms that will improve quality ...
After proposed cut to prison e-messaging, incarcerated people, advocates speak out
Gov. Ned Lamont has proposed ending free prison e-messaging, which would put online communication costs back onto ...
Juvenile incarceration linked to poor adult outcomes and higher recidivism
Incarceration has lasting consequences. Many young people who have been incarcerated later struggle to achieve the basic ...
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Did prison have to ‘be a death sentence’ for man with mental illness?
Erik Ramsey’s suicide in solitary confinement highlights rising mental illness and a jump in such deaths in North Carolina ...
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World Health Day Highlights the Public Health Crisis of Mass Incarceration
On World Health Day, the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) is drawing attention to a startling but often overlooked truth: mass ...
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CT proposes to stop paying for prison e-messaging for inmates. It costs $3.5 million.
But the system that kept Brown grounded, which has been available for free to incarcerated people in Connecticut prisons since 2022, is facing the threat of budget cuts. Gov. Ned Lamont’s ...