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A Sick Inmate in New York Is Freed After Suing Over Parole Delay

Steve Coleman was kept for 21 months after his parole date because the state could not find a nursing home placement.

The New York Times - Feb. 7

Execution date set for inmate who says death sentence is "long overdue"

Arizona has set an execution date for a convicted killer on death row, marking the state's return to the death penalty after more than a decade of issues.

CBS News - Feb. 12

Israeli hostages and Palestinian inmates freed in latest ceasefire swap

Hamas releases three more Israelis, as 369 Palestinians are handed over in the sixth exchange in recent weeks.

BBC News - 5d

Prison Boss Elevated by Hochul Was Accused of Rape by 2 Former Inmates

The attacks occurred years earlier when Bennie Thorpe worked at a state women’s prison, his accusers said. Now he runs a prison where an inmate was fatally beaten by guards.

The New York Times - 2d

Scotland frees hundreds of inmates as U.K. grapples with prison overcrowding crisis

Hundreds of prisoners will be freed in Scotland as part of a broader emergency response to ease the burden of overcrowded prisons across the United Kingdom.

NBC News - 2d

Dominica crams thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons

They’re known as “frog men,” inmates who are forced to sleep on prison floors across the Dominican Republic, often next to overflowing toilets or holes in the ground that serve as one

ABC News - 1d

Dominican Republic officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons

A majority of inmates in the Dominican Republic languish in prison without ever having been charged with a crime, and activists warn they face inhuman conditions and a lack of medical care.

NBC News - 1d

Lawyers for inmates ask judge to take over health care services in Arizona prisons

Lawyers for 25,000 people incarcerated in Arizona have asked a judge to take over health care operations in state-run prisons and appoint an official to run them

ABC News - Feb. 12

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