Andre Gay spent more than 50 years in prison and watched himself and others grow older behind bars. By one measure, about a third of all prisoners will be considered geriatric by 2030. Nate Smallwood for NPR hide caption toggle caption Nate Smallwood for NPR Andre Gay spent more than
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DOJ watchdog finds 187 inmate suicides in federal prisons over 8-year period
A New York Medical Examiner’s car is parked outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center where financier Jeffrey Epstein was being held in New York. Epstein committed suicide in prison. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images A New York Medical Examiner’s car is parked
The rich history of music in prisons shows how damaged souls can be worth redemption
Journalist Maurice Chammah says art and music programs help us understand “there’s more to say about [a prisoner] than their crime.” Chammah is the author of Let the Lord Sort Them. Source link
Federal prisons want inmates to pay victims, before making phone calls or buying shoes
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Sept. 29, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Mariam Zuhaib/AP hide caption toggle caption Mariam Zuhaib/AP Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Sept. 29, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
One of the deadliest federal prisons is closing
A guard tower and prison yard at the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill., in 2009. Five men have been killed at Thomson since 2019, making the facility one of the deadliest federal prisons in the country. David Greedy/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Greedy/Getty Images A guard tower
Josh Duggar Placed in Prison’s Solitary Confinement for Alleged Cell Phone Possession
Josh Duggar has been placed in solitary confinement for allegedly possessing a cell phone in prison, according to multiple reports. The disgraced 19 Kids and Counting alum, 34, was moved to the Special Housing Unit (SHU) at the Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) Seagoville in Texas, where he is currently serving
Matt Butler has played concerts in more than 50 prisons and jails
Matt Butler performing at the Central Utah Correctional Facility. Liam Trouchard/Matt Butler hide caption toggle caption Liam Trouchard/Matt Butler Matt Butler performing at the Central Utah Correctional Facility. Liam Trouchard/Matt Butler Singer/songwriter Matt Butler says he’s performed for incarcerated people in more than 50 prisons and jails across the country.
As COVID unfold in federal prisons, many at-risk inmates tried and didn’t get out
Waylon Younger Chook was on the U.S. Medical Heart for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., when he utilized for a compassionate launch from jail within the spring of 2020. He was nervous in regards to the coronavirus pandemic and had underlying medical circumstances, together with late-stage kidney illness. John S.