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Prison officials plan to install air conditioning for all prison beds by2026 as rising temperatures pose growing health risks for incarceratedpeople.
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A lawsuit against the Durham Sheriff over redacted public records will continue to be fought in the courts by Emancipate NC.
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An estimated 80% of people reentering the community from prison are newly eligible for Medicaid. Expanded coverage could boost reentry success as people have more consistent medical care.
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Many incarcerated people are also parents. Their children navigate social stigma and barriers to staying in contact with their loved ones.
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Anita reconnects with the woman who changed her thinking on incarceration: her beloved college thesis adviser Ashley Lucas. Ashley reflects on her father's 20-year prison sentence and the untold stories of families navigating incarceration from the outside. Journalist Sylvia A. Harvey also shares how losing her mother to asthma and her father to a life sentence in prison before she was 6 years old led her to investigate the carceral system as a whole.
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Time spent in prison and jail often worsens mental health. Researchers and advocates say more data and transparency is needed to better understand and reduce in-custody suicides.
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Anita reconnects with the woman who changed her thinking on incarceration: her beloved college thesis adviser Ashley Lucas. Ashley reflects on her father's 20-year prison sentence and the untold stories of families navigating incarceration from the outside. Journalist Sylvia A. Harvey also shares how losing her mother to asthma and her father to a life sentence in prison before she was 6 years old led her to investigate the carceral system as a whole.
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The state Department of Health and Human Services reported 19,620 positive cases on Saturday — the third record day-over-day increase for the pandemic last week.
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Outside of Old Fort, the Western North Carolina railroad bends around Andrews Geyser. Thousands of incarcerated laborers built this railroad – and nearly all of them were African American.
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The use of physical restraints like handcuffs and shackles on pregnant women and new mothers in North Carolina prisons and jails would be largely barred in a measure nearing final legislative approval.