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Articles by Edward Lyon

Prisoners Find Their Voice in Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop

Of the ...

Kentucky Leases Closed Private Prison to Use as State Facility

New Jersey Man Dies Soon After Exonerated of Sex Offense

This ...

State Prison System Takes Over County Jail

The board announced its move on Monday, November 30, 2020, ...

Amending the 13th Amendment

Colorado Grants COVID-19-Related Clemencies

Texas Moves to Deny Housing for Released Prisoners

Whether a former prisoner’s conviction was for a violent, nonviolent, ...

California State Prisoners Pay Teen’s School Tuition

Unfortunately, near the end of his freshman year both of Green’s parents lost their jobs due to ...

COVID-19 Kills Jeffery Epstein’s Former Cellmate

Prior to his stay at the Queens lock up, Reyes was housed at the Manhattan Correctional ...

COVID-19 Responses Differ Between Prison Systems

by Ed Lyon

 

Early in 2020, health and penology experts warned that prisons would become hot spots for COVID-19 contagion, primarily because of overcrowding that effectively prevents the ability to socially distance among many other factors. Some prison systems have managed to do better than others in mitigation measures, ...