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Meek Mill, Michael Rubin, And CEO Van Jones Launch The Reform Alliance With Founding Partners
REFORM Alliance To Donate Masks To U.S. Prisons

Jay-Z and Meek Mill’s nonprofit REFORM Alliance will donate masks to every correctional facility in the U.S.
by NewsOne Staff
05.18.20
New York City Tourism And Entertainment Industry Stifled By Coronavirus Restrictions
NYPD Keep Arresting As Cops, Inmates Contract COVID-19

The NYPD was reportedly still making arrests on all levels despite concerns over the coronavirus infecting not just police officers…
by Bruce C.T. Wright
04.01.20
Views of Building 2, the Adjustment Unit at the DC Correctional Complex at Lorton, Virginia.
Prisoners Released Due To Coronavirus Outbreak

Prisons are beginning to release inmates amid the spreading of COVID-19, but it appears that a Mississippi prison, which has…
by A. Woods
04.01.20
Open door to prison cell
Families Of Mississippi Prison Inmates Speak Out

Families of Mississippi inmates are speaking out amid recent deaths and inhumane prison conditions.
by A. Woods
03.31.20
Barbed wire fence at Dade County Men's Correctional Facility, FL
Prison Guards Won’t Face Charges In Inmate’s Death

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced that the four prison guards who were allegedly tied to Darren Rainey’s death…
by NewsOne Staff
03.19.17
Full Frame Shot Of Prison Bars
Former Inmates Sue NY 'Supermax' Prison

The New York Daily News reports that the Southport Correctional facility near Elmira, NY has shelled out $10 million to…
by Desire Thompson
03.30.16
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South Carolina Inmates Get Combined Total Of 20…

Seven inmates were given a combined total punishment of 7,150 days, or 19.75 years, of solitary confinement at the South…
by Desire Thompson
10.23.15
Baltimore jails
ACLU Asks Judge To Improve Unsanitary, Dangerous Conditions…

Unsanitary and dangerous conditions at the Baltimore City Detention center prompted civil rights lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union…
by Christina Coleman
06.02.15
Jail Cell
Ex-Con Launches $3 Million Tech Company To Help…

When Frederick Hutson landed in prison at the age of 24 on a drug trafficking charge in Florida, he was…
by Lynette Holloway
04.03.15
Jail Cell
Are Deputies In This San Francisco Jail Forcing…

Four San Francisco sheriff’s deputies were placed on administrative leave and are currently under investigation after a public defender accused them…
by Christina Coleman
03.30.15
SBWFF 2013 - Grand Tasting Village - Day 2
News Roundup: Paula Deen Will Return To Television,…

After going on a 22-month hiatus following backlash from her racist remarks, Paula Deen will be returning to television. The…
by NewsOne Staff
03.25.15
Study Suggests Whites Willing To Support Harsher Criminal…

A new study suggests that white people are willing to support harsher criminal laws if they think more Black people…
by NewsOne Staff
08.08.14
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