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CoronaVirus

Inmates, Staff Worry About Care as Marion Prison Becomes One of Largest COVID Outbreaks in US

BlackPress USA - May 8, 2020

NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to state data that is updated daily, for Marion Correctional, as of May 1, staff members who reported positive results...

Crime

Black Woman in Texas Begins 5 Year Prison Sentence for Voting

Stacy M. Brown - October 3, 2018

With the midterm elections just weeks away, activists and others are keeping keen eyes on any semblance of voter suppression – or worse. For...

Politics

Corrine Brown Begins Serving 5 Year Sentence

Kevin Seraaj - January 30, 2018

Former Congresswoman Corrine Brown began serving a five-year sentence yesterday. Convicted last month of fraud and other charges, the 24-year veteran of Congress was found...

Rights

Lawmaker calls for state takeover of Gadsden women’s prison

Kevin Seraaj - March 25, 2017

In a letter sent Thursday to Gov. Rick Scott, state Rep. David Richardson (D-Miami) formally called for an emergency state takeover of the Gadsden...

Featured

Off To Prison? New Handbook Helps Inmates Survive Life In The Slammer

Advocate Staff - March 24, 2017

Bookstore shelves brim with guidebooks. There are guides to wealth, guides to childbirth, guides to colleges and guides to weight loss. But what if...

Crime

Why We Let Prison Rape Go On

Kevin Seraaj - April 21, 2015

ORANGE, Conn. — IT’S been called “America’s most ‘open’ secret”: According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, around 80,000 women and men a year...

Roger Caldwell

The Florida Prison System is a Corrupt Dysfunctional Mess

Roger Caldwell - November 17, 2014

The Florida Department of Corrections is broken, and it appears that no one cares. There are stories of suspicious inmate deaths, systemic abuse by...

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