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A trial is slated to start Tuesday in a federal court in Harrisburg over the way the state prison system delivers legal mail to prisoners.
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There’s a proposal to raise the salary that inmates in New York State get for doing certain jobs in prison.
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The Department of Justice is asking its Office of the Inspector General to investigate how inmates in a Brooklyn jail were left in cells without heat or power for days.
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Three years since the state Department of Human Services first settled a lawsuit with the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Pennsylvania says the situation is improving, but the state still hasn't met the terms of the settlement.
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When the U.S. Census Bureau measures population, prison inmates are counted as residents of the communities where they are incarcerated. The practice can affect how lines are drawn in congressional and legislative redistricting efforts, which will take place after the 2020 census.
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Browder endured nearly three years on Rikers, most of it in solitary confinement, awaiting trial that never happened. He committed suicide in 2015. His death led to nationwide criminal justice reform.
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Stiller's seven-part Showtime series centers on the true story of two convicted murderers who used tools provided by a prison employee to break out of maximum security prison in 2015.
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Nearly a decade after being tasked with the assignment, a state commission is still grappling with a mandate to create a risk assessment algorithm for Pennsylvania judges to use during criminal sentencing procedures.
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A group of protesters from two inmate advocacy groups crashed the pomp and circumstance of the state Capitol's annual Christmas tree lighting Thursday to protest Pennsylvania's prison mail policy.
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ITHACA, NY (WSKG) - Counties in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes are working together to find new places to house children in the criminal justice system.