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Vera Institute’s Sentencing & Corrections News Headlines
CO – Colorado Parole System Audit Expanded CO – Fort Lyon Plan Fulfills Dreams of Slain Corrections Boss Tom Clements CT – Malloy to Sign Bill Closing Sexual Assault Loophole KS – Proposed Cuts to...
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Justice Department Finds Pennsylvania State Prison’s Use of Solitary...
A lot of attention on the use of solitary confinement and administrative segregation…which is a good thing. From the press release: “Today, the Justice Department issued a findings letter detailing the...
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OH: Toledo inmate indicted in prison attack, murder
From the article: “Dustin Lynch, 26, was indicted on two counts of aggravated murder in the March 17 death of Arturo Lopez, 43. Lynch also was indicted on one count of felonious assault for a March 10...
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CA: Prison hunger strikes begin at High Desert
From the article: “Thornton would not provide a copy of the prisoners’ list of demands, but said they include ‘larger food portions, more cleaning supplies, more access to the law library, the ability...
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Calif. prison chief: Inmate hunger strike will harm cause
From the article: “The strike is the largest of three hunger strikes protesting conditions in California prisons in the last two years. After the earlier, smaller strikes, the department began its...
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CA: Inmate hunger strike wanes, but thousands continue refusing meals
From the article: “The number of inmates refusing meals as part of a statewide hunger strike has continued to drop, falling to 2,572 on Monday.” Read more here.
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Calif. Prison Hunger-Strikers Being Blasted With Cold Air, Lawyers Say
From the article: “About 1,450 California prisoners participating in a mass hunger strike continued to refuse meals on Thursday, with some inmates alleging that prison officials are trying to break the...
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Calif. inmate hunger strike heads into 7th week
From the article: “Lawyers and advocates said that the roughly 70 inmates who have refused prison meals since July 8 want to start taking a liquid diet that includes fruit and vegetable juices, just as...
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OH: TOCI inmate dies after beating in prison yard
A third inmate dies at the Toledo facility in a year. He was beaten by metal baseball bats by two other inmates on the recreation yard. Read more here, here, and here.
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CA: Solitary confinement case set to expand
From the article: “A federal judge Thursday said she is likely to allow a lawsuit alleging that solitary confinement conditions at Pelican Bay State Prison amount to psychological torture, to be...
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