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Mental health effects of COVID lockdown in prison: Interview from inside SCI Albion By Joe Piette posted on February 26, 2021 This telephone interview with Demitrius Grant, imprisoned at SCI Albion near Erie, Pa., was conducted by Joe Piette for Workers World newspaper on Feb. 16.  Demetrius Grant: We’re going to be covering the issue of COVID-19 today, as to how it impacts prisoners’ mental health. About a week ago, a sergeant told me a prisoner killed himself, and another one tried to kill himself. He said that was the thirteenth episode in the last month. How many more of these inci...

Colin KalmbacherFeb 25th, 2021, 1:35 pm FLORENCE, AZ – FEBRUARY 11: Interior of the holding cell inside the “Death House” located at the main prison complex in Florence, some 80 miles (128 km) southeast of Phoenix, Arizona. A federal judge issued a contempt order against the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) on Wednesday for the second time in three years after the ADC failed to comply with a prior settlement won by attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In a 16-page order, U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver upbraided Arizona detention authorities for their fai...

Two former inmates have filed a lawsuit against a New Mexico prison and its food services contractor, claiming the jail’s kitchens were plagued by infestations of bugs, rats, and mice.  

(John Moore/Getty Images) The Department of Justice will not renew existing contracts with private prison companies following an executive action signed by President Joe Biden on Jan. 27. The move, part of a package of racial justice initiatives, reinstates an Obama-era policy reversed by former President Donald Trump in 2017.  Even as the industry has drawn sharp criticism from criminal justice reform groups, the top private prison companies continue to net billions in revenue by contracting with federal, state and local governments. In 2019, private facilities incarcerated an estimated 116...

Biden evokes Floyd in racial equity signings Marty Johnson © Getty Images Biden evokes Floyd in racial equity signings President Biden on Tuesday signed four executive orders aimed at furthering racial equity in the U.S., one of his main campaign platforms. "Now's the time to act. ... It's what the core values of this nation call us to do," Biden said at an event recognizing the orders that was held at the White House's State Dining Room. "We've never fully lived up to the founding principles of this nation ... that all people are created equal and have a right to be treate...