Prison System

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Holman Correctional Facility (Atmore, Ala.), theGrio Staff
July 1, 2022
While state officials blamed the result on a volatile market, a group of activists and impact investors had urged buyers…
Alabama, Juvenile, theGrio.com
June 10, 2022
America’s first penitentiary was established in Philadelphia in 1790, and it contained the nation’s first solitary confinement cells.
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October 17, 2019
Harvard research shows that dark complexioned Blacks are have a higher likelihood of being imprisoned and explores why through a…
April 3, 2017
Public Advocate Letitia James said if plans to shutter Rikers Island do in fact go through, the prison should be…
March 31, 2017
On Friday during a City Hall news conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed that he would shut down Riker's Island.
February 17, 2017
It’s been eighteen months since Remy Ma finished up her eight-year prison sentence, and while she’s excited to get back
October 11, 2016
Nick Cannon is taking a full course load at Howard University, including one class that meets every Thursday at the…
October 7, 2016
Jay Z is bringing the story of a young man who spent three years in prison without being convicted of…
September 28, 2016
Ava DuVernay's documentary, 13th, is set to premiere at the New York Film Festival, and ahead of its release, Netflix…
February 14, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Apparently in the South Carolina prison system, accessing Facebook is a serious offense - as serious as…
August 2, 2011
BAY AREA - Organizers who say California prisoners are "tortured" in solitary confinement are planning a rally Monday to show…
July 6, 2011
theGRIO REPORT- Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal came up with a plan to have probationers fill the void left by immigrant…