“Everyone Will Die in Prison”: How Louisiana’s Plan to Lock People Up Longer Imperils Its Sickest Inmates Janice Parker has witnessed the failing medical care at Angola, the state’s largest prison, on her frequent visits to see her paralyzed son. Laws passed at the behest of Gov. Jeff Landry threaten to ... 03/27/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
‘No sense of urgency:’ Duval police union laments slow-moving salary negotiations with city The local union is asking the city to raise starting salaries up to roughly $65,000 for police and corrections officers in the upcoming budget, with 4% increases in 2025 and 2026. 03/26/2024 - 11:51 am | View Link
Missouri wants to take money prisoner got after his mom’s death to pay for his incarceration Missouri’s law has been in effect since 1988. It has allowed the state to garnish assets, even going after money prisoners won in settlements after suing the Department of Corrections for mistreatment ... 03/25/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
Curious Iowa: How do inmates pay restitution? How does someone who is serving a life sentence — or two, in Memmer’s case — pay restitution when most jobs available for prisoners in Iowa pay less than $1 an hour? That’s what one person wondered ... 03/17/2024 - 6:00 pm | View Link
Three months after leaving Patton State Hospital, she was supposed to be free. Instead she was dead It was clear 37-year-old Fredreaka Jack needed intense mental and physical health care. Yet California’s publicly funded parole system failed to make sure she got it. 03/12/2024 - 10:54 am | View Link