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State asks for audio tapes back from the Library of Virginia after a NPR story on the existence of execution recordings

Witnessing death, suicide or suicide attempts also stresses the jail’s population of COs – a group already dealing with severe understaffing

Weinstein has been in and out of Bellevue Hospital since returning to Rikers Island in April after his 2020 rape and sexual assault convictions were overturned for a new trial

In some of the worst federal court cases, the guilty go free

Last year, people in the Department of Corrections and their families paid $7.7 million to talk on the phone

Some lawmakers argue that closing the private prisons altogether would be a better option

“There is a strong culture of silence in the prison system,” an attorney representing two women said

Auditors touring the lockup noted a number of troubling practices that could lead to sexual abuse

Senate leader Phil Berger said Friday that he removed a ban on private prison maintenance contracts from the state budget in September without knowing that the FBI had started an inquiry into the contracts

The state’s death penalty system remains on pause, as officials develop a new methods for executions amid legal challenges and botched executions