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‘People Will Die’ from Trump’s Trans Prisoner Crackdown, Experts Warn
Trump's executive order eliminating transgender rights in prison will hurt or kill trans prisoners, experts warn.
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New York’s Second Look Act Could Save People Incarcerated When They Were Young—Like Me
New York should enact the Second Look Act, which lets people apply for resentencing after serving 10 years or half of their ...
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They Were Acquitted But Sentenced to Life Anyway. Now, They’re Finally Free.
President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of Terence Richardson and Ferrone Claiborne—two men sentenced to life despite ...
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Medill Investigative Lab-Chicago
Media focus on killings obscures many cases of non-fatal force, MindSite News-Medill investigation shows.
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Rashon Venable
New York should enact the Second Look Act, which lets people apply for resentencing after serving 10 years or half of their sentences.
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Acquitted Conduct Sentencing
Terence Richardson and Ferrone Claiborne are coming home after President Joe Biden granted them clemency. The pair spent decades in prison despite being found not guilty of the 1998 murder of a ...
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Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
One of Trump’s first executive orders says federal prisons must house trans women in men’s facilities and directs the government to remove anti-rape protections for trans prisoners.
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LA’s Wildfires Threaten Almost 40 Prisons and Jails. Here’s How They’re Responding.
As of Thursday afternoon, more than 180,000 Los Angeles residents have been ordered to evacuate as deadly fires ravage the city. Hurricane-force winds reaching up to 100 miles per hour whipped the ...