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States Are Shutting Down Prisons as Guards are Crippled By Covid-19

States and counties are finding it hard to keep jails and prisons open as the virus ravages both prisoners and staff members. But...

Virus cases in US prisons and jails surpass 500,000

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/04/world/covid-19-coronavirus/virus-cases-in-us-jails-and-prisons-surpass-500000 The number of...

CDC MMWR ---- COVID-19 in Correctional and Detention Facilities — United States, February–April 2020

CDC MMWR ---- COVID-19 in Correctional and Detention Facilities — United States, February–April 2020 Prompt identification of persons...

Prisons are “in no way equipped” to deal with COVID-19....from the Lancet

From The Lancet: Prisons are "in no way equipped" to deal with COVID-19 "We will probably never know the extent to which coronavirus...

CDC: Interim Guidance on Management of COVID-19 in Correctional and Detention

Interim Guidance on Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Correctional and Detention Facilities...

How Should Prisons and Jails Prepare for COVID-19?

Prisons and jails are confronted with unique challenges as they work to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 for incarcerated people and...

4 ways to protect our jails and prisons from coronavirus

We must integrate our nation’s 5,000 jails, prisons and immigration detention centers with our pandemic response efforts....

‘Structural Racism’ Cripples NY Parole System: Study

African Americans are returned to New York State prisons for “technical violations” of parole at five times the rate of whites, and ...

When Purell is Contraband, How Do YouContain Coronavirus?

Handwashing and sanitizers may make people on the outside safer. But in prison it can be impossible to follow public health advice....

Suspend or Terminate Medicaid Upon Incarceration?

A new report by OPEN MINDS, State Policy On Medicaid Benefits For State Prison Inmates: A State-By-State Review, found that 42 states...

The Long Journey to Visit a Family Member in Prison

The Long Journey to Visit a Family Member in Prison Remote prison towns and strict visitation policies make it hard to stay in touch. The...

Model Practices for Parents in Prisons and Jails: Reducing Barriers to Family Connections

Recent studies have found that 2.7 million children in the United States have a parent serving time in prison or jail at any given time,...

NYC's Progress on criminal justice reform:

New York City is making monumental progress on criminal justice reform — but our efforts must go further than just reducing the number of...

How the Prison System Creates ‘Absentee Dads’—and Hurts the Kids They Leave Behind

In America, one out of five young adults have had a parent spend time behind bars. https://thecrimereport.org/2019/10/17/how-the-prison-s...

What Follows Punishment?

Data shows that community-support circles decrease rates of sex-offender recidivism. One program may lead the way when it comes to...

Immigration and Recidivism: What Is the Link?

Immigrants who committed felonies are less likely to commit another crime than native born Florida State University study MiamiHerald...

Rehab Instead of Jail for Parents:

California Bill Could Allow Rehab Instead Of Jail For Parents Who Commit Certain Crimes Capital Public Radio http://www.capradio.org/138620

Jails Rebranded as ‘Treatment Facilities’ Are Still Jails

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/opinion/opioid-jails-treatment-facilities.html

Can Racist Algorithms Be Fixed?

Can Racist Algorithms Be Fixed? (The Marshall Project)

Opioid Use Disorder in Prisons

How States Address Opioid Use Disorder in Prisons (PEW)

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