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At $75,560, housing a prisoner in California now costs more than a year at Harvard
That’s enough to cover the annual cost of attending Harvard University and still have plenty left over for pizza and beer.
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Immigration Detention | Caged by Canada, Part 1
While Canada is celebrated globally as a safe haven for refugees, hundreds of unwanted immigrants are jailed across the country. Part 1 in a Star series.
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Upgrade your jail cell - for a price
In what is commonly called “pay-to-stay” or “private jail,” a constellation of small city jails — at least 26 of them in Los Angeles and Orange counties — open their doors to defendants who can afford the option.
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New jail records show how rape victim was treated while behind bars
Channel 2 Investigates has uncovered new jail records in the case of a mentally ill rape victim who was locked up for nearly a month. KPRC broke the story of "Jenny" in July, and it triggered an avalanche of change in Harris County. Prosecutors received new training to help mentally ill victims. Incoming District Attorney Kim Ogg made Jenny's case a cornerstone of her campaign and defeated incumbent Devon Anderson, who defended the decision to put Jenny in jail.
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A three-second laser strike cost Barry Bowser everything
“I have no one and nothing but the clothes I was given when I was released from prison.”
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Man gets 40 years in jail after rejecting plea deal that would have freed him immediately
A Montgomery County man accused of assaulting a public servant and threatening to kill police officers could have walked free Monday. However, after refusing a plea bargain, he was convicted and hit with a 40-year sentence. Jurors in the 9th District Court of Judge Phil Grant convicted Raymond Lindsey Jr., 46, last week of Assault on a Public Servant and Retaliation. His attorney said he already had been in jail 19 months and would have been released with "time served."
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Ramen noodles 'are most valuable US prison commodity', study suggests
Ramen noodles have overtaken tobacco to become the most valuable commodity in US prisons, a new study suggests.
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The Justice Department says poor defendants can't be held when they can't afford bail
Holding defendants in jail because they can't afford to make bail is unconstitutional, the Justice Department said in a court filing late Thursday — the first time the government has taken such a position before a federal appeals court. It's the latest step by the Obama administration in encouraging state courts to move away from imposing fixed cash bail amounts and jailing those who can't pay.
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Private Prison Stocks Sink After U.S. Signals the End
The U.S. government halted a decade-long experiment to hire private companies to help manage the soaring prison population, sending shares of facility operators Corrections Corp. of America and GEO Group Inc. plunging.
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Texas Prisons Assert Right to Censor Inmates’ Families on Social Media
A new rule in Texas that prohibits prisoners from maintaining a social media presence could infringe on the free speech and expression rights of ordinary citizens who maintain accounts on behalf of incarcerated loved ones.
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Contesting bail to take on racial disparities in San Francisco jails
San Francisco's Public Defender has assembled a team to help contest the bail of nearly every client in the system.
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'Affluenza' teen Ethan Couch sentenced to 2 years in prison
The Texas teenager who used an "affluenza" defense for a fatal drunken-driving wreck has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison, though it remains unclear how long he will actually spend behind bars.
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Inside The World Of A Prison Chess Player
Robert Booker, a Detroit native currently serving a 30-year sentence for distributing crack cocaine, has been down for almost two decades. In that time, he’s played thousands of games of chess. I saw it firsthand when I was on the yard with Booker at FCI Gilmer, a medium-security prison in Virginia. The incarcerated population in the US numbers more than 2 million and since that population is largely barred from access to higher education...
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A sinking jail: The environmental disaster that is Rikers Island
Flooding, extreme heat, and air pollution plague New York City’s notorious jail complex. By Raven Rakia.
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7 people went undercover as inmates for 2 months, and they revealed harrowing details about an Indiana jail
A screenshot from a preview of "60 Days In," which debuts on Thursday. Would you spend a night in jail if you didn't have to? What about two months? Seven ordinary people did exactly that on A&E's new documentary series "60 Days In," which premieres on Thursday night. The show follows the participants' experiences as undercover inmates at an Indiana jail. The volunteers — none of whom had criminal records — were booked on...
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In blow to inmates’ families, court halts new prison phone rate caps
Prison phone companies today were granted a judicial stay that halts implementation of new, lower rate caps on inmate calls. The court did not halt new limits on certain ancillary fees related to inmate calls, though, so the overall price of prison calling should go down. Global Tel*Link (GTL) and Securus Technologies had asked the US Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia to stay new price regulations until a lawsuit against...
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Jared Fogle reportedly gains 30 pounds in prison
He shot to stardom as the Subway pitchman who lost more than 200 pounds after a diet filled with sandwiches from the fast-food company. But now, according to reports, Jared Fogle has packed on a lot of weight as he serves a prison sentence in a child-sex case. According to In Touch Weekly, Fogle has gained 30 pounds behind bars.
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'So tired': Drug lord 'Chapo' Guzman wants extradition to U.S. so he can finally sleep
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has changed his tune and now wants to be extradited to the United States as soon as possible. Basically, because he wants to get some sleep. José Refugio Rodríguez, a lawyer for the drug kingpin, said on Wednesday that Guzmán wants to leave the maximum-security prison in Mexico because the guards are not letting him sleep. He told Radio Formula that he spoke to Guzmán on Tuesday at the Altiplano prison west of Mexico City...
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Inside the Brutal San Quentin Prison Marathon
One day a year, the men locked up in California's oldest prison get a shot at glory. Thieves, killers, and dope dealers lace up their shoes and race around the yard for the longest and hardest run of their lives. It's The San Quentin Marathon, and it feels something like freedom
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Couch case transferred to adult court
Ethan Couch's case will be transferred to an adult court, judge Tim Menikos ruled in a Tarrant County juvenile court hearing Friday morning. Couch's case will be transferred by his 19th birthday in April. He will remain in jail until then. He has been in a single cell in adult jail since he returned from Mexico, where he fled with his mother after video surfaced, allegedly showing him violating his probation.
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