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Incarceration

  1. politics
    The Adams Administration Has a New Policy for Jail Deaths: Cover-upThe Department of Correction will no longer alert the media of inmate deaths. The move comes after a report raised questions about deadly incidents.
    By Nia Prater
  2. politics
    A 12th Person Has Died in NYC Jails This YearThree detainees have died in two weeks, and all but one in 2021 were being held on Rikers Island.
    By Nia Prater
  3. coronavirus
    Judge Rules That New York Must Vaccinate Prisoners ImmediatelyA state supreme court judge described the decision to leave inmates out of the public-health campaign as an “abuse of discretion.”
    By Matt Stieb
  4. On Last Day in Office, Obama Commutes the Sentences of 330 Drug OffendersThe president’s total number of commutations granted is now 1,715 — more than any other president in American history.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. The Justice Department Will End Its Use of Private PrisonsAfter finding such prisons provide inferior service to state-run facilities, DOJ no longer thinks incarceration should be a for-profit enterprise.
    By Eric Levitz