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Why Britain is releasing prisoners early

by Leanna Byrne
Sep 25, 2024
The U.K. is releasing prisoners as a solution to overcrowding.
Pentonville Prison in London.
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The “afterlife” of mass incarceration

by Reuben Jonathan Miller
Feb 1, 2021
In a new book, sociologist Reuben Jonathan Miller explores the punishments formerly imprisoned people face after their release. Read an excerpt here.
Inmates worship during Christmas Mass at Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles. In a new book, sociologist Reuben Jonathan Miller examines the effects of incarceration after it ends.
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The relationship between drug companies and jails

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Jan 9, 2020
Incarcerated people form a large market for pharmaceutical companies. The ethics of that relationship can be complicated.
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Private prison stocks aren’t feeling the expected boom

by Andy Uhler
Dec 29, 2017
Stocks in the for-profit prison sector skyrocketed after the election of President Donald Trump. The Obama administration and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had both pledged to phase out their use by federal authorities — an approach Trump rejected. But the industry hasn’t seen the sustained boost many investors expected.  Click the audio player above to […]
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Private prisons benefit from new Trump rules

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 12, 2017
The Trump administration is going back to the “tough on crime” policies of the 1980s and ’90s. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered federal prosecutors to bring charges that carry heavy penalties – sometimes mandatory minimum sentences. This is a roll-back of Obama administration rules telling prosecutors not to charge nonviolent drug offenders with crimes that […]
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A small Georgia town where prisons play a big role

by Lewis Wallace
Jan 13, 2017
McRae-Helena could see its fortunes change under the Trump administration.
McRae Correctional Institution has been in this rural part of southern Georgia since the early 2000s, housing up to 2,000 federal prisoners.
Ali Guillory
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Correction officers shortage: a danger to inmates?

by Alisa Roth
Aug 30, 2016
Florida's shortage means delayed showers, cancelled classes and increased violence.
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Florida struggles to keep corrections officers in state prisons

by Alisa Roth
Aug 29, 2016
Hours for corrections officers are long, and pay is low.
The turnover rate among corrections officers in Florida was 22 percent last year. The department has said it plans to hire 4,000 officers in the coming year, to fill current vacancies and to prepare for future ones.
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Florida has a shortage of corrections officers for state prisons

by Alisa Roth
Aug 29, 2016
Turnover in the department last year was 22 percent.
Signs posted around the perimeter of the Dade and Homestead prisons in south Florida advertise immediate openings for correctional officers. The state, like most, has a severe shortage of officers, leaving officers and inmates at risk.
Alisa Roth
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Private prisons on the way out

by Kimberly Adams
Aug 18, 2016
Justice Department to phase out federal contracts.
Condemned inmates sits in housing block at San Quentin State Prison's death row on August 15, 2016 in San Quentin, California. 
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