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PublishedAugust 26, 2024
Ohio prison holds first-ever 5-course meal open to public on facility grounds
Almost 60 members of the public attended the meal at Grafton Correctional Institution, where incarcerated men hosted the event.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2024
Missouri high court clears the way for a woman’s release after 43 years in prison
No details have been released on when Sandra Hemme will be freed after serving 43 years in prison.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2024
Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia
Ukraine is expanding its military recruiting to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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PublishedJune 13, 2024
Art created by Maine prisoners on display at Freeport gallery
The collection, which will wrap up its showing on Sunday, questions whether mass incarceration is the answer to society's problems.
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PublishedMay 13, 2024
Three men charged in Whitey Bulger’s 2018 prison killing have plea deals
Bulger, who ran the largely Irish mob in Boston in the 1970s and ’80s, served as an FBI informant who ratted on the main rival to his gang.
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PublishedApril 12, 2024
20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in U.S. court
The trial beginning Monday in Alexandria, Va., will be the first time that Abu Ghraib survivors are able to bring their claims of torture to a U.S. jury, their lawyer says.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2024
Donors raise $100K for prisoner who sent 13-cent hourly wages to Gaza
After word spread of his charitable gift, donors put together a GoFundMe for the man.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2024
Opinion: Reinstating parole will benefit Maine in many ways
A discretionary parole system could return rehabilitated offenders to productive lives and reduce prison-system costs.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2023
Commentary: I worked with Leslie Van Houten when she was in prison. I’m glad she’s been paroled
She committed a horrific crime that I don’t excuse. But I believe that she can still do much good in the world.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2023
Commentary: Jailing people for sleeping in public is no solution to homelessness
The U.S. already has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Arresting people who have no options left is just adding another tier of disenfranchisement.
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