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April 5, 2024
New York inmates sued to view the solar eclipse "in accordance with their sincerely held religious beliefs.”
August 21, 2023
The Fortune Society received a $500,000 payout this week in a discrimination lawsuit settlement against a housing company.
August 12, 2022
The changes, signed into law Monday by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, are intended to reduce the stigma of being…
June 27, 2022
The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for certain prison inmates to seek shorter sentences under a bipartisan 2018 federal…
Lieutenant Governor of New York Kathy Hochul
September 18, 2021
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the "Less is More Act" into law, which is aimed at reducing jail re-entry…
inmate Shane Goldsby thegrio.com
August 9, 2021
A Seattle inmate, Shane Goldsby, ended up sharing a cell with the man who raped his sister and he killed…
February 27, 2021
One sector of the population that was particularly vulnerable after Texas's winter storm: inmates at the state’s largest county jail.
February 12, 2021
The impact of COVID-19 in America's prisons is yet another manifestation of state-sanctioned violence against Black people in the U.S.
February 7, 2021
Although there were no confirmed cases of COVID-19 among people jailed at the St. Louis Justice Center as of Friday,…
Coronavirus Cases Surge To Over A Thousand At San Quentin Prison
November 25, 2020
California inmates are accused of stealing $1 billion in coronavirus unemployment aid over the past few months.
September 11, 2020
A 19-year-old federal inmate in Brooklyn is back in custody after police found him hiding under a sheet in a…
R Kelly Chicago jail attack thegrio.com
August 27, 2020
Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was attacked by another inmate in a Chicago jail where he's currently being held, reports…
One-Third Of Prisoners At San Quentin Prison Have Coronavirus thegrio.com
July 16, 2020
An outbreak of COVID-19 at the San Quentin prison in California has resulted in half of the inmates infected.
May 7, 2020
Two inmates in Chicago's Cook County jail swap identities. Once escapes and is on the run, while the other is…
Chicago
January 30, 2019
But Cook County sheriffs office officials say they were well protected from the cold and a photo of them "misrepresents"…
jail cell thegrio.com
October 8, 2018
Recent incidents involving inmate deaths are causing the judge to question whether or not it is wise to place convicts…
August 21, 2018
Prisoners across the nation are set to participate in a work stoppage to demand an end to what they say…
Bob McNair thegrio.com
April 8, 2018
Bob McNair was rightly hit with severe backlash for the offensive comments and later apologized, but now he is walking…
December 30, 2015
Residents living near the newly completed New Orleans Parish are complaining that inmates regularly shout at and harass women as…
October 23, 2015
Two female Florida jail employees have been accused of having sexual conduct with two male inmates during the night shifts.