The candidates offer competing visions of jail programming and community outreach.
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The standards — ordered by the governor — are more than seven months overdue.
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The prison is facing claims of deteriorating conditions, including prolonged lockdowns.
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Two teachers were injured a day after the state’s top inspector announced an audit.
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Experts say solving the staffing crisis is just the start.
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NPR first reported on the case of Charles Givens, a disabled inmate at Marion Correctional Treatment Center, in 2023.
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Issues playing out at the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center are part of a national trend.
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The new law has drawn criticism from open-government groups.
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By one measure, about a third of all prisoners will be considered geriatric by 2030. Prison systems are grappling with how to care for their elderly prisoners — and how to pay for it.
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Three years after vowing to beef up measures to keep bad cops from quietly shuffling to new jobs, little has changed.
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Fairfax County’s Taking Root program is unique because of its relatively broad eligibility requirements.
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Three people incarcerated at prisons across the U.S. spoke to NPR's Morning Edition about how music helps them reconnect with the past, endure the present and envision the future.
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Advocates are pressing state lawmakers to eliminate fees for defendants who can’t afford to pay.
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Autopsies are not required for federal prison deaths that are classified as natural.
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The report stated a psychiatrist did not examine Otieno during his six hours in the ER.
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The shakeup comes months after the governor appointed new leadership for state prisons.
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Michael Anderson, 52, was a lieutenant at the Federal Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison in Petersburg.