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US System of Prison Injustice
I wrote in October that Joe Biden, in his four years as president, did literally nothing to improve the situation in prisons ...
Prison and sentencing reform: Saving money in an overlooked place
According to The Sentencing Project, 72.1% of federal prisoners are serving time for a nonviolent offense and have no history ...
$600M+ earmarked to improve GA’s prison system is part of Gov. Kemp’s proposed budget
What happens at the Georgia state capitol in the coming months will have a lot to do with what happens in Georgia’s state ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution27d
Georgia prison system engages in deception as crisis builds
Response to a 2019 prison lawsuit settlement exposes how Georgia Department of Corrections officials block potentially damaging information and present falsified documents.
Marcy area state reps oppose the growing calls in Albany to shut down prison
Eddie Gibbs represents parts of New York City in Albany, preparing for his second term as a member of the state ...
FOX 5 Atlanta15h
Gov. Kemp proposes to spend hundreds of millions on Georgia prison renovation plan
Gov. Brian Kemp's plans for 2025 include hiring hundreds of new correctional officers and launching an extensive renovation program of Georgia's prisons.
Atlanta News First on MSN23h
Kemp: Lawmakers should add more to Department of Corrections budget for Georgia prison improvements
The recommendations come after Kemp commissioned a statewide assessment of the Georgia corrections system by the consulting ...
The New York Times5d
Guantánamo Convict Sues to Stop U.S. Plan to Send Him to Prison in Iraq
His lawyers said the U.S. plan is to have the Iraqi government ... “Because of his conviction here and the myriad problems with Iraq’s prison system, Mr. al-Tamir cannot safely be housed ...