Stateville inmates with violent records wound up in medium-security prisons, data shows
When Illinois shuttered the century-old maximum security facility last year, nearly four of every five inmates went to less-secure sites.
Illinois data shows inmates with violent records from shuttered prison sent to medium-security sites
When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...
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The Tumultuous Journey of Faith Ringgold’s Rikers Mural
As the film tells it, the story of this mural is also that of the crisis at Rikers and of “prison” in spectacular decay — ...
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The Carceral System Enters Its Smartwatch Era
Wrist monitors like the BI VeriWatch dominated at a recent industry conference. But some 20 miles away, incarcerated men had ...
When El Salvador agreed to put migrants in "mega-prison," the U.S. paved the way for nuclear power
Bukele said he would charge the United States a "relatively low" fee to house convicted criminals in El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, a mega-prison built to hold up to 40,000 ...