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"Broward Prosecutors Help Cut Prison Time for 23 People Serving Long Drug Sentences," by Naomi Feinstein, Miami New Times, August 17, 2020
"'I Just Start Cutting.' Self-Harm Incidents Surge In Arizona Prisons," by Jimmy Jenkins, KJZZ, August 12, 2020
"San Francisco becomes first county in the nation to offer free calls to jail inmates," by Carla Marinucci, Politico, August 10, 2020
"New Jersey COVID-19 Bill Could Help Reduce The Harshness Of The Criminal System," by Ellison Berryhill, The Appeal, August 10, 2020
"Senate Democrats push to include free phone calls for incarcerated people in next relief package," by J. Edward Moreno, The Hill, August 06, 2020
"Violence at Rikers at an ‘All-Time High’ Despite City’s Promise to Curb It," by Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, August 06, 2020
"Ninth Circuit Rules for California in Dispute Over Solitary-Confinement Settlement," by Bianca Bruno, Courthouse News Service, August 03, 2020
"N.J. moves step closer to ending mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders," by Joe Atmonavage, NJ.com, July 30, 2020
"Law to Reduce Crack Cocaine Sentences Leaves Some Imprisoned," by Hailey Fuchs, New York Times, August 01, 2020
"Alabama’s 13 state prisons are grotesque chambers of horrors," by Editorial Board, Washington Post, July 28, 2020
"Utah offenders can raise racial bias concerns at sentencing," by Associated Press, Associated Press, July 25, 2020
"Opinion: My sister Layleen Polanco died alone in Rikers. Solitary confinement is torture.," by Melania Brown, NBC News, July 23, 2020
"People are dying in US prisons, and not just from COVID-19," by Heather Schoenfeld, The Conversation, July 22, 2020
"Incarcerated people look to U.S. Senate to cap prison phone rates," by Associated Press, Associated Press, July 22, 2020
"Routine Beatings of Inmates in Alabama Prisons Go Ignored, U.S. Says," by Neil Vigdor, New York Times, July 24, 2020
