Prisons
Solitary strike: Texas prisoners refuse food to protest harsh confinement practices
January 11, 2023Hundreds of prisoners may participate in the protest beginning Tuesday, the first day of the state’s legislative session. Texas often keeps prisoners in solitary confinement for years or decades.
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Indiana inmates appeal to People’s World and its readers for help
December 21, 2022Aging facilities, medical neglect, and more plague those incarcerated at Indiana’s Westville Correctional Facility.
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Alabama lied: Prisoners face deadly retaliation for their strike
October 7, 2022The strike started Sept. 26 after thousands of prisoners refused to leave their dorms and cell blocks for work in mess halls, factories and trash crews.
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At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt
August 31, 2022“Here, I’m being penalized for something that I was not even made aware of at the time I was sentenced, because it did not even exist."
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Abuse by Wellpath LLC healthcare in Pennsylvania prisons spurs lawsuits
July 19, 2022The basic healthcare needs of prisoners were sacrificed on the altar of private profits with taxpayers paying for deadly neglect.
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