Dozens on hunger strike at Nevada prison over food, health
By GABE STERN - Associated Press/Report for America
RENO, Nev. (AP) — At least two dozen people are on hunger strike over conditions at a…
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Connecticut facing growing cost of pandemic bonus pay
By SUSAN HAIGH and DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut program that offered “hero pay” to essential workers at the…
Tenn. inmate’s mutilation highlights prison mental care woes
By TRAVIS LOLLER - Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee death row inmate Henry Hodges' fellow prisoner Jon Hall warned long ago that he…
EXPLAINER: What Griner may endure in Russian penal system
LONDON (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner has begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a remote Russian penal colony that human rights advocates say is…
Feds look into treatment of mentally ill adults in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A civil rights investigation into the treatment of people with mental illnesses by the state of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City police was…
Texas man executed for 2003 strangling death of his mother
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man who killed his mother and buried her body in her backyard was…
Texas to execute man for killing mother nearly 20 years ago
By JUAN A. LOZANO - Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness faces execution on Wednesday for…
US jails rife with violence, abuse and overcrowding
By KERI BLAKINGER - The Marshall Project/Associated Press
In California, lawyers accused staff at the Los Angeles County jail of chaining mentally ill…
Judge blasts treatment of mentally ill at Louisiana prison
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana prison's treatment of its mentally ill prisoners — including inadequate care, incomplete medical records and prolonged stints in solitary…
New US prisons chief pledges truth, reform for ailing system
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The outsider brought in to reform the ailing federal Bureau of Prisons…