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Activities
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On a typical school day, the carpentry workshop at Ingram State Technical College is buzzing with activity. Men in white prison uniforms chisel, saw and paint, transforming raw wood into decorative tables, chairs and art. Instructor Eddie Lucas watches from the front of the room.
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Health
Suicide
United States
A new Bureau of Justice Statistics report reveals that over 1,000 people died in local jails in 2016, underscoring the dangers of jail incarceration. Most troublingly, the report finds at least half of these deaths are preventable, with suicide remaining the leading cause of death.
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Access to legal rights
Justice
United States
42 voting machines will be brought in during the first two weekends in March — marking the first time in the country a polling place will be available for pretrial detainees.
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Access to legal rights
Justice
United States
Legislation to automatically restore the voting rights of convicted felons when they are released from prison has died unexpectedly in the Washington state Senate Wednesday.
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Access to legal rights
Justice
United States
When Missouri holds its presidential primaries next month, more than 63,000 residents will be barred from participating because they’ve been convicted of a felony and are serving a sentence on probation and parole.
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Overcrowding
Violence
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After corrections facility proved to be ‘understaffed,’ ‘unsafe,’ and ‘unsanitary,’ officials scurry to find placement for convicts who constitutionally can no longer live such conditions.
USA: des millions gagnés sur le dos des prisonniers via des services de messagerie payants
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North America
United States
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USA: prison américaine de Guantanamo: 18 années d'un trou noir juridique continu
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Torture
Violence
United States
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Minors
Discipline
United States
On any given day, over 48,000 youth in the United States are confined in facilities away from home as a result of juvenile justice or criminal justice involvement. Most are held in restrictive, correctional-style facilities, and thousands are held without even having had a trial.
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Foreign prisoners
Justice
United States
Jamaican citizens account for more than half the total number of Caribbean citizens now incarcerated in United States (US) prisons.
USA: Trump makes the most important anti-hunger programm harder to access for people leaving prison
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Access to legal rights
Justice
Health
United States
Under a new rule announced yesterday, the Trump administration expects to slash 688,000 from the rolls of people receiving short-term food assistance.
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Torture
United States
Abu Zubaydah was captured by US forces after a gun fight in Faisalabad, Pakistan, in March 2002. US officials incorrectly believed the Saudi Arabian citizen was a member of al-Qaida and transported him to a secret US-run prison, known as a black site, in Thailand.
USA: quand la prison fait payer aux détenus la lecture d’ebooks dans le domaine public
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Culture
North America
United States
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USA: les exécutions fédérales ne reprendront pas dans l’immédiat
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Death penalty
United States
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