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A Revolutionary Way to End the Incarceration of Girls

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Last fall, retired Judge Karen Radius leaned on her cane as she walked me toward the girls’ housing unit at Hawaii’s only youth prison, remembering the moment three years ago when she’d learned no more girls were living there. For Radius, a disarmingly matter-of-fact 76-year-old who’d spent much of her career trying to keep teens […]

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ICE Plans to Build More Tent Jails for Immigrants. What Could Go Wrong?

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), now the best-funded federal law enforcement agency in the United States, is embarking on a plan to drastically expand its detention infrastructure. But considering the $45 billion it’s been given for the job, the agency’s vision for its new facilities seems startlingly low-tech. In July, the Wall Street Journal got […]

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ICE Plans to Build More Tent Jails for Immigrants. What Could Go Wrong?

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), now the best-funded federal law enforcement agency in the United States, is embarking on a plan to drastically expand its detention infrastructure. But considering the $45 billion it’s been given for the job, the agency’s vision for its new facilities seems startlingly low-tech. In July, the Wall Street Journal got […]

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A Revolutionary Way to End the Incarceration of Girls

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Last fall, retired Judge Karen Radius leaned on her cane as she walked me toward the girls’ housing unit at Hawaii’s only youth prison, remembering the moment three years ago when she’d learned no more girls were living there. For Radius, a disarmingly matter-of-fact 76-year-old who’d spent much of her career trying to keep teens […]

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Federal Prisons Are Restraining People for Weeks on End, Investigation Reveals

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The Bureau of Prisons has failed to adequately document the use of restraints, despite their potentially deadly use.

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FL Miccosukee Tribe Joins Environmental Groups Suing Over “Alligator Alcatraz”

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The tribe will keep fighting to “protect the land and save the land that saved us,” said the tribal council secretary.

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“Alligator Alcatraz” Prisoners Say Their Living Conditions Are a Form of Torture

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They report inadequate and maggot-infested food, inability to bathe, flooding, denial of religious practice, and more.

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Trump’s FCC Scraps Ban on Prison Phone Price Gouging, a Gift to Some of His Top Donors

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This story was originally published by Popular Information, a substack publication to which you can subscribe here. The Federal Communications Commission will no longer enforce a rule capping the price of prison phone calls, according to an announcement made Monday by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. The move suspends a 2024 FCC decision that capped the price of in-state phone calls at 6 cents […]

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