Companies across the South profited off the forced labor of people in prison after the Civil War – a racist system known as convict leasing.
Prisons
The troubled prison health care system
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Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires
Companies across the South profited off the forced labor of people in prison after the Civil War – a racist system known as convict leasing.
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How a 7-Year Prison Sentence Turns Into Over 100
Anthony Gay was sentenced to seven years of prison on a parole violation, but ended up with 97 years added to his sentence. How does that happen?
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The Jail Tapes in the Dumpster
A murder conviction sent Myon Burrell to prison for life when he was a teenager. An investigative reporter dug into what seemed a hopeless case. What she found helped free him.
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Sick on the inside
For decades, the U.S. has run private “shadow prisons” for immigrants convicted of federal crimes. Biden has ordered the government to wind down those contracts.
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COVID-19 in confinement
Self-isolation may protect us from COVID-19, but what if you’re forced to live with strangers? This week, we look at nursing homes and prisons.
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Pushed out
Black girls are being pushed out of school and into jails at alarming rates, but this issue often is overlooked.
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Rep. John Lewis calls for end to ‘unjust’ immigrant detention system
He sent a letter to fellow members of Congress, calling on them to “end an unjust detention system” and citing Reveal’s investigation.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Health Care, Immigration, National Security, Prisons, The Trump Era
Judge denies ACLU effort to release detained migrant girl for abortion
“The government may not want to facilitate abortion, but it cannot block it. It is doing that here,” the federal judge also writes in her ruling.
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ICE violates own policy by locking up pregnant women, complaint alleges
Nine pregnant women were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for as long as three months, according to the complaint.