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Mentally ill and alone, they die by suicide in prison. Will reforms save others?
As North Carolina officials look to reduce their use of solitary confinement, several mentally ill inmates have killed ...
New Orleans prison break: 10 inmates cut through bars and escape; 5 recaptured, 5 still on the run - Who are they?
A daring prison break at the Orleans Justice Center saw ten inmates escape after cutting through steel bars, taunting ...
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I Wrote This From Solitary Confinement. I Refuse to Let It Break Me.
My 13th day in “the hole” has been an eye opener. This is the first time I’ve experienced it after 28 years in federal prison ...
New Orleans inmates appear to taunt jailers in photos of hole they escaped from: ‘To Easy Lol'
The hole, which has some metal bars, is cut behind where a sink and toilet typically sit. Horizontal bars that should be in ...
Busted doors, cut bars, and a hole behind the toilet: Everything we know about 10 inmates who escaped Louisiana jail
Hundreds of law enforcement officials are involved in a manhunt for seven men who remain at large after a group of 10 inmates ...
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'Worrying' house has its own nine-cell prison right next to the kitchen
leading to a series of prison cells with the capacity to hold nine people. One cell contains two metal bunk beds, a basic toilet and what appears to be a holding area behind metal bars and a cell ...
They Wanted to Have Fewer Prisons. Instead, They Got a Prisoner’s Worst Nightmare.
The cell block was freezing, and the constant fear of roaches crawling inside his ears caused him to keep his clothes, boots, ...
Inside brutal Alcatraz prison which housed ‘worst of worst’ & where escapees were shot dead amid Trump’s plan to reopen
PERCHED on a rocky island a mile out to sea from San Francisco looms the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. One of the world’s most infamous prisons, it was built for the worst of the worst and ...