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Opioid Epidemic Impacts Prisons and Jails
by Steve Horn
It has killed far more Americans than the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, claiming over 200,000 lives since 2010 according to the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse. It has swept the nation, from large cities to small towns in every state. A 2017 report from ...
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- DNA: To Collect or Not to Collect?, by Edward Lyon
- Texas Prisoner’s Excessive Heat Death Reveals Continuing Danger, by Matthew Clarke
- Pennsylvania DOC’s New Mail Policy Robs Prisoners of the Personal Touch; Lawsuits Over Legal Mail Settle, by David M. Reutter
- Right to Speedy Trial Not Triggered by Placement in Administrative Segregation, by David M. Reutter
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- Settlement in Class-Action Suit Over SMU Conditions at Georgia Prison, by David M. Reutter
- First Step Act Update: Over 1,600 Sentences Reduced, 3,000 Prisoners Released, by Douglas Ankney, Dale Chappell
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- Former Missouri Sheriff Gets Prison Time for Illegal Cell Phone Tracking, by David M. Reutter
- Wisconsin Prisoner Sues After Injury; Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal, by Scott Grammer
- Oregon Faces State and Federal Contempt Proceedings Over Delayed Competency Services for Mentally Ill Defendants – Again, by Mark Wilson
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- Oklahoma Jail Administrator, Guard Receive 55-Hour Sentence for Prisoner’s Death, by Scott Grammer
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- No Error When Judge Ignored Iowa Prisoner’s Request for Substitute Appointed Counsel, by Matthew Clarke
- Florida DOC Attorney Resigns After Posting Racially-Charged Comments, by David M. Reutter
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- Audit Determines Georgia’s State Prisons More Cost Effective than Private Prisons, by David M. Reutter
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- Over $488,000 Awarded to Former Michigan Prison Warden in Retaliation Suit, by David M. Reutter
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- Opioid Epidemic Impacts Prisons and Jails, Sept. 5, 2019
- Report Finds Lack of Reporting on Deaths in Law Enforcement Custody, Even After Landmark Legislation, July 17, 2019
- New Study Finds Mass Incarceration Impacts Over Half of U.S. Families, July 2, 2019
- HRDC Files Public Records Suits, Argues GEO Group is a De Facto Public Agency, June 3, 2019
- DEA Used Decades of Warrantless Phone Data in Building Parallel Construction Cases, May 15, 2019
- Inspector General: California Prison Guards Violate Use of Force Policies Half the Time, May 2, 2019
- Vermont Prisoner Sexually Abused at Private Prison in Michigan Receives $750, May 2, 2019
- California Prison Psychiatrists Blow Whistle on Poor Mental Healthcare, Falsified Records, April 2, 2019
- Ohio County Jail Settles PLN Censorship Suit for $45,000, April 2, 2019
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