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Movement of inmates continues at Pontiac as status change date approaches for MSU and Vandalia centers

Prisons are expensive. They rarely enable people to address the behaviour that puts them there, and research shows that sentencing more people to prison...

Kosovo agreed to rent Denmark 300 of its prison cells in return for funds to help build a green energy system to replace its coal use.

Sabrina mahtani is human rights lawyer who researches prisons rights issues across africa. heres her reaction on the situation. the situation on the continent is really dire in terms of patent rights. ——of prison rights. i think this is an issue that is routinely left to the bottom of government agendas and sadly, its only when a very tragic incident like what has happened in burundi happens that it gets to have some attention. we know that the majority of prisons on the continent are vastly...

Moved south. high-end stores and malls and cannabis dispensaries targeted and law enforcement responded arresting the 14 who were then quickly released under a zero bail policy that was introduced at the beginning of the pandemic as a way to reduce l.a.s crowded and therefore deemed at-risk prison population. police chiefs claim that policy, along with other justice reforms, are at the root of the problem. >> were catching the criminals and the problem is were catching them over and over again a...

Jonathan. >> good morning, harris. los angeles has seen a rash of smash and grab robberies since the recent wave began in san francisco and moved south. high-end stores, malls, pharmacies altar g*eted in recent weeks and law enforcement has responded including arresting the 14 who were then quickly released under a zero bail that was introduced at the beginning of the pandemic as a way to reduce l.a.s crowded and therefore deemed at-risk prison population. police chiefs claim that policy along w...

At-risk prison population. police chiefs claim that policy and other justice reforms are now encouraging crime. >> were catching the criminals and the problem is were catching them over and over again. theyre being released very quickly without bail. theyre not staying in prison. so we continue to deal with the same people again and again. >> the zero bail policy was produced before l.a. county district attorney george gascon took office. as the lead prosecutor here, his critics still want to se...

Bryan Stevenson urged his audience Sunday to recognize the power of proximity in bringing justice in the United States.

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Nonviolent offenders. >> if you look at the jurisdictions where this is happen, san francisco and los angeles, even chicago and minneapolis, its where you have the sorros funded das. >> governor newsome has also favored laws reducing the prison population. but now with public opinion shifting, so it seems has he. >> we want real accountability and people prosecuted and we want people to feel safe this holiday season. why are we here? were talking about safety. peoples health. we want to protect ...