Heatwave makes conditions 'inhumane', say inmates at overcrowded Paris suburb prison

A damp towel hangs from a barred window, a fan churns the muggy air: Inmates at the overcrowded Villepinte prison outside ...

Study shows supervision and license conditions reduce reoffending among first-time prisoners

New research shows that people released from prison are significantly less likely to reoffend if they are subject to supervision and other license requirements—especially first-time prisoners.
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Dangerous conditions in prison are one product of a failing system of mass incarceration

One month ago, a preventable death occurred once again at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla due to a prison heatwave. Adrienne Boulware passed away from the extreme heat ...
KVUE

Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Wednesday in a groundbreaking ...
PBS

Conditions in the prison where deported migrants are held

The U.S. has sent hundreds of people to the notorious mega-prison in El Salvador known as CECOT. William Brangham discussed conditions inside that facility with Nnoah Bullock, the executive director ...

Colorado voted to end forced prison labor in 2018 – so why are incarcerated people in the state still working for less than $2 an hour?

Colorado voters passed Amendment A, a ballot measure touted as an end to slavery in state prisons in 2018. The amendment eliminated the penal exception clause, which allowed the state to use forced ...

Todd, Julie Chrisley's daughter says parents faced 'retaliation' after her complaints about prison conditions

Todd and Julie Chrisley's daughter Savannah said that her parents are "serving a life sentence" due the extreme conditions that she alleges her parents are enduring while in prison.