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The troubled prison health care system

Posted inPrisons

Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires

by Michael Montgomery, Najib Aminy, Cynthia Rodriguez, Jenny Casas, Nikki Frick, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda and Kathryn Styer Martínez January 21, 2023March 3, 2023

Companies across the South profited off the forced labor of people in prison after the Civil War – a racist system known as convict leasing.

Posted inPrisons

Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires

Portrait of steven rascón by Michael Montgomery, Najib Aminy, Cynthia Rodriguez, Jenny Casas, Nikki Frick, Amy Mostafa, Sarah Mirk, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Steven Rascón, Taki Telonidis, Brett Myers and Al Letson September 17, 2022September 29, 2022

Companies across the South profited off the forced labor of people in prison after the Civil War – a racist system known as convict leasing.

Posted inPrisons

How a 7-Year Prison Sentence Turns Into Over 100

Jess AlvarengaPortrait of steven rascón by Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Jess Alvarenga, Steven Rascón, Kathryn Styer Martínez and Kevin Sullivan April 30, 2022May 12, 2022

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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Myon Burrell stares into the camera, pulling his mask down to reveal his face.
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The Jail Tapes in the Dumpster

Brett Simpson portrait by Amy Mostafa, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Brett Simpson, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson August 28, 2021September 20, 2021

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.

An illustration in shades of orange shows a group of male prisoners with their hands cuffed in front of them. They all wear surgical masks.
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Sick on the inside

by Sarah Mirk, Stan Alcorn, Seth Freed Wessler, Esther Kaplan, Susanne Reber, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson April 3, 2021July 1, 2021

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.

Posted inCOVID-19, Health Care, Prisons

COVID-19 in confinement

by Elizabeth Shogren, Michael Montgomery, Taki Telonidis, Laura Starecheski, Brett Myers, Soo Oh, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Kevin Sullivan, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy and Al Letson September 19, 2020July 1, 2021

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.

Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice, Prisons

Pushed out

by Kevin Sullivan, Jen Chien, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa, Priska Neely, Al Letson and Ko Bragg November 19, 2019July 1, 2021

Black girls are being pushed out of school and into jails at alarming rates, but this issue often is overlooked.

Posted inBorder Patrol, Immigration, Impact, National Security, Prisons, The Trump Era

Rep. John Lewis calls for end to ‘unjust’ immigrant detention system

by Elly Yu June 8, 2018November 29, 2018

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

by Patrick Michels October 11, 2017October 13, 2017

“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.

Posted inBorder Patrol, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Prisons, The Trump Era

ICE violates own policy by locking up pregnant women, complaint alleges

by Patrick Michels September 26, 2017September 29, 2017

Nine pregnant women were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for as long as three months, according to the complaint.

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