Inmates won't get sentence reduction under the First Step Act By Lawrence Hurley Mon, June 14, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that potentially hundreds of low-level crack cocaine offenders cannot benefit under a 2018 federal law ...
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"Dropping the soap will not get you rampantly taken from behind." by Stephen LaConte - BuzzFeed People who have been incarcerated are sharing what movies get wrong about prisons and jails — and it's a fascinating perspective that you don't often get to hear. &...
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June 8, 2021 By Kristina Sgueglia and Kelly McCleary, CNN The New York City Board of Correction voted unanimously Tuesday to end solitary confinement in city jails, according to a statement from Mayor Bill de Blasio's office. The vote by the independent oversight ...
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May 20, 2021 By Margaret Harding McGill - Axios Media Incarcerated people and their families pay high rates to talk by phone in part because the deals phone companies cut with prisons and jails drive the prices up — and the Federal Communications Commission is looking to low...
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But it still has little authority to regulate in-state calls May 20, 2021 By Makena Kelly The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Thursday to lower some of the rates incarcerated people and their families pay to speak over the phone. For jurisdicti...
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April 4, 2021 Associated Press Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died in a federal prison early Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Madoff died at the Federal ...
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Kendrick Fulton, who was released to home confinement due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, poses for a photo at his sister’s house in Round Rock, Texas, U.S., April 8, 2021. He is wearing an ankle monitor that he must charge nightly in order to comply with the terms of ...
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Many of the social services and job programs that former prisoners rely on to achieve re-entry into their communities are inaccessible without a comprehensive knowledge of the internet. After spending decades in prison, Renaldo Hudson had to learn how to use a smartphone.Alex Wroblewsk...
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Sean McKinnon told NBC News he doesn’t understand why he’s still being kept in the “hole” two years after the Boston crime boss was killed. By Rich Schapiro March 14, 2021 One of the inmates sent to solitary confinement following the murder of Boston mob boss Jame...