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Atlanta to Transform City Jail Into Justice and Equality Center Community Space
The City of Atlanta is moving forward with a plan to  to transform the Atlanta City Detention Center into a space for justice and equity.
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Pico Rivera mayor charged in campaign fund scheme
LOS ANGELES — The mayor of Pico Rivera and the owner of an education consulting firm have been charged with improperly reimbursing family members and friends for donating money to a candidate who was running for a seat on Montebello’s school board, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
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Rayshard Brooks’ ‘Girlfriend’ Is Arrested As Suspect In Wendy’s Fire
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Mother imprisoned for non-violent offense dies from COVID-19 after early release was denied - TheGrio

A woman has died from COVID-19 complications in a Florida prison after her request for an early release to finish... View

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Record number of journalists jailed across the world in 2020 - CPJ | News24
A record number of journalists were imprisoned because of their work in 2020, as governments clamped down on news coverage of civil unrest and the coronavirus pandemic, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) found in its latest annual census.
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Nigeria: There's 'Urgent Need' to Decongest Nigerian Prisons - CJN Tells Judges
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, has written to the chief judges of states on the 'urgent' need to decongest Nigerian prisons due to the coronavirus
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Florida Senate scales back plan to close four prisons – Florida Courier
BY DARA KAM NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Senate is easing back on a plan to shutter and demolish four state prisons, agreeing Wednesday to a proposal that would close a single, 1,500- bed correctional institution by Dec. 31. The prison consolidation and closure plan is included
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COVID-19 hospitalization numbers continue decline as testing sites reopen | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Health department says recovery rate 42 days after a positive test is 92 percent
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Probe Into Prison Deaths Ends Up Uncovering $8 Billion in Untracked State Money - L.A. Focus News
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media What started out as an investigation into inmate deaths in some of California's county jails led to an audit that uncovered severe overcrowding, a lack of mental health resources, and $8 billion in state funds for which three county Sheriff's offices
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Tony Lewis Jr. Leads Movement Seeking Clemency for His Father
In the 30-plus years during which he’s been incarcerated, Tony Lewis Sr. has mentored younger inmates, quelled conflicts within correctional institutions and with the help of his son, Tony Jr., has connected returning citizens and their families with much-needed
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Alleged cop killer on the run after escaping from court while appearing on rape charge | News24
Police in the Eastern Cape are mum about how a suspect, accused of raping a minor boy, managed to escape custody at the East London Magistrate’s Court.
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Popcorn with Zenger: No one to root for in ‘All Day and a Night’ | Afro
“All Day and a Night,” the latest film from Netflix, tells the story of a young black man dealing with the reality of his
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Minnesota juvenile lifer walks free after 18 years in prison - TheGrio
A Black man sent to prison for life as a teenager took his first steps of freedom Tuesday to the... View Article The post Minnesota juvenile lifer walks free after 18 years in prison appeared first on TheGrio.
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California prison phone rates to fall under new contract with vendor - L.A. Focus News
Inmates at California state prisons will save $17 million a year on telephone calls under the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's new contract with its phone vendor. The six-year contract with GTL sets rates at 2.5 cents per minute for all calls, a reduction of 5.1 cents for in-state
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COMMENTARY: Old, Sick and Incarcerated | Afro
Yet the federal correctional institution that housed Manafort had no coronavirus cases, and Manafort had served fewer than two years of his more than seven-year
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Tennessee panel deemed vaccinating inmates a ‘PR nightmare’ - TheGrio
A Tennessee advisory panel tasked with deciding in what order residents should receive the COVID-19 vaccine acknowledged that prison inmates... View Article The post Tennessee panel deemed vaccinating inmates a ‘PR nightmare’ appeared first on TheGrio.
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Kenya: Proposed Marijuana Law is Lenient on Users but Harsh on Traffickers
[Nation] The offence of possessing cannabis will now attract a lighter sentence but a harsher penalty has been imposed on those found guilty of trafficking narcotics.
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Non-White Jail Officers Claim They Weren't Allowed To Monitor Derek Chauvin
Eight non-white corrections officers at a county jail that initially housed Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, say they were barred from guarding Chauvin because of their race, according to the Star
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Sentenced for life for selling $30 worth of marijuana, military veteran Derek Harris to be freed - Face2Face Africa
Derek Harris, a military veteran serving a life sentence for selling $30 worth of marijuana is set to be released after he was re-sentenced from life without parole to nine years. Harris on October 2, 2008, sold .69 grams of marijuana to an undercover police officer. Arrested four months later, he
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Acute water shortage at Pademba Road prisons as number of covid-19 cases rises
Reporters from over ten of Sierra Leone’s leading registered newspapers have confirmed that even as corona virus is spreading inside the Freetown prisons among prisoners, the authorities in Sierra Leone have left the prisoners without adequate water supply for the past ten
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Lesotho's former first lady arrested in connection with Thomas Thabane's ex-wife's murder case
Police in Lesotho have arrested the country's former first lady over the 2017 murder of the then-estranged wife of recently resigned Prime Minister Thomas
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R. Kelly’s Lawyer Claims No One Stopped Assault
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Black Man Claiming ‘Misconduct’ In 1976 Rape Trial Calls On Gov. Roy Cooper To Commute Sentence
Lau is awaiting a decision to vacate Long’s conviction, to send it back to lower court or to uphold his
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Downtown Atlanta Jail To Be Repurposed Into Justice And Equity Center - Blavity
Designers are working to transform an Atlanta jail into a social equity and justice center.
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Guitar hero: 1960s proto-punk rocker Wayne Kramer brings music workshops to prisons | Afro
The song, “Jail Guitar Doors,” was about guitarist Wayne Kramer—who at the time was wrapping up a prison sentence in Lexington, Kentucky for selling cocaine to an undercover federal
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Guards Allegedly Didn’t Help R. Kelly During Jail Fight
If you believe his lawyers, R. Kelly is having a rough time behind bars. Allegedly, no one bothered to help the disgraced R&B singer while a fellow inmate decided to attempt to bless him with the proper fade.
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Lawyer for ‘Big Head’ asks for leniency, placement at NJ prison - Stabroek News
Ahead of his sentencing in just over two weeks, Tower Suites co-owner Shervington ‘Big Head’ Lovell through his lawyer is asking US Judge Paul G. The article Lawyer for ‘Big Head’ asks for leniency, placement at NJ prison appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Florida sheriff tells residents to shoot looters as more rioting follows George Floyd’s death | Afro
A Florida sheriff has put looters on notice: Gun owners in his county should use their firearms to kill
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