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Italian Inmates Are Looting Methadone and Setting Prisons on Fire in Violent Coronavirus Protests

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He Was Sentenced to Only Two Days in Jail, a Lawsuit Says. Three Months Later, He Killed Himself in His Cell.

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By Emma Ockerman
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Pregnant Woman Says Her Baby Died After Prison Guards Stopped at Starbucks on the Way to the Hospital

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By Emma Ockerman
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By Emma Ockerman
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07.13.19

By Tess Owen
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Oklahoma sheriff resigns in protest over unsafe jail conditions — including a snake

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By Tess Owen
Identity

‘Starving The Beast’: The Women Working To Close a Misused Atlanta Jail

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By Kimberly Lawson
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By Keegan Hamilton
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By Tess Owen
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By Maroosha Muzaffar
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More than 100 U.S. prisoners have died after being shocked by a Taser

12.06.17

By Tess Owen
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Thousands of inmates are left in Miami’s Irma evacuation zone

09.09.17

By Taylor Dolven

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