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The alleged perpetrators were onetime Pennsylvania state inmates out on parole. And in a commonwealth that has been working systematically to get people out of prison, that prompted concern.
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Starting this week, people incarcerated in state prisons can receive photo books--the kind that can be designed and ordered online.
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“I know from my experience we still have facilities that are double-bunked all over the state and that creates an unsafe situation."
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The ACLU first sued in 2015, when they say some people deemed unfit for trial were stuck in county facilities for over a year.
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Dr. Homer Venters describes a number of traumatic outcomes related to subpar medical care inside the New York City jail complex, including the death of a man who was denied insulin during intake.
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Three weeks ago, the state prison system settled a lawsuit brought by the ACLU and other groups who said the Department of Corrections was violating inmates' constitutional rights by making copies of legal mail.
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The Department of Corrections has arrested three staff members at three different state prisons for trying to smuggle in drugs.
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For about five months, all mail sent to inmates in Pennsylvania's state prisons has been routed through a processing facility in Florida, where it is searched and photocopied.Inmates get the copy. The original is destroyed, though it's digitally retained for 45 days.
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A federal trial is underway on whether Pennsylvania’s policy for handling legal mail sent to prisons violates inmates’ First Amendment rights.
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Hearings have begun in a federal case over whether Pennsylvania’s prison system is violating inmates’ First Amendment Rights. Legal mail is at the center of the debate.