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Trump's first 100 days: Steamrolling government, strong-arming allies and igniting trade wars
In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump has exerted his power on a scale with no easy historical comparison ...
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Eastern State Penitentiary’s reentry simulation offers glimpse into post-incarceration challenges
Dozens of visitors to the Eastern State Penitentiary got to experience the challenges of acclimating to post-incarceration life.
A Mexican musician uses a contentious genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers
Two days before her new album was launched, musical icon Vivir Quintana was behind barbed wire at a women’s prison in Mexico.
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New exhibit at Ohio State Reformatory explores early years of women’s prison
The exhibit focuses on the early years of the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, the state's first women's prison. The ...
Alabama prison officer must register as sex offender after consensual sex with inmate, court says
A former Alabama state prison officer who pleaded guilty to sex with an inmate must register as a sex offender, even though ...
Musician tells the stories of 10 women imprisoned for killing their abusers
Musician tells the stories of 10 women imprisoned for killing their abusers - Vivir Quintana is using a typically male genre ...
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12 Years Later, Lawsuit That Called Attention to Conditions at Now-Closed Stateville Prison Settled
After 12 years, the class action lawsuit over living conditions at Stateville Correctional Center that helped bring the ...
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Senate pushes $250M bill for new women’s prison, $6M bill for closed sawmills
The tension about property taxes is filtering into debates about other bills including a proposal to spend $250 million on a new women’s prison and another bill to allocate $6 ...