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MS Gov Orders Part of ‘Infuriating’ State Prison Closed
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves ordered the state penitentiary at Parchman’s notorious Unit 29 closed. The corrections commissioner clarified that the unit’s death row will remain open.
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Feds Sue California, Contesting Ban on Private Prisons
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The federal government sued to challenge California’s prohibition on private prisons, saying the state has no legal right to tell federal officials where to house illegal immigrants.
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Twelve MS Inmates Have Died In Less Than a Month
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An inmate was found hanging in a cell at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman on Sunday. The number of prison deaths in the last month is more than double the corrections department’s average.
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Alabama Legislators to Focus on State Prison Problems
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Alabama has made strides adding correctional and mental-health staff in recent years, but inmate homicides and the prison population are rising.
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NJ Federal Inmates Freed; Now, U.S. Wants Them Back
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A judge released four long-term federal inmates from New Jersey in November under the First Step Act. Now, federal prosecutors want them back behind bars.
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23 States Still Allow Shackling Pregnant Prisoners
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Georgis is the latest state to prohibit the practice, which also was barred in the 2018 federal First Step Act.
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Two More Inmates Killed at MS Parchman Prison
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The deaths underscored the troubles facing a correctional system new Gov. Tate Reeves calls a “catastrophe.”
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Missouri Eliminates 1,756 Prisoner Beds
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Two years ago, the state had 33,000 inmates. Now it is down to 26,000, as more defendants are put on probation,
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Prison Workers’ Internet Access Cut After Epstein Death
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The U.S. Bureau of Prisons is curtailing staffers’ access to the internet and cell phones to guard against “unnecessary distractions” that allegedly contributed to the failure to prevent the suicide of accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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Illegal Cellphones Allow Inmates to Tell Prison Chaos Story
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“Cellphones are contraband and have been instrumental in escalating the violence,” says Mississippi corrections chief Pelicia Hall. It has been nearly impossible for officials to curb cellphones, as they have been difficult to ferret out.