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Rev. Silvester Beaman gives the benediction during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
Courts & Law

Del. pastor who delivered Biden’s inaugural prayer supports ‘clean slates’ for formerly incarcerated

Legislation to automatically expunge some criminal convictions in Delaware would make it easier to shed collateral punishments after being released from prison.

5 years ago

A 2019 file photo of a North Philadelphia rooming house. Many returning citizens live in unregulated rooming houses because they have few other options. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Disrupting poverty in Philly with housing help for people returning from prison

Pa. has the second-highest imprisonment rate in the U.S. The Supervision to Aid Re-Entry (STAR) program connects returning citizens with the support they need.

5 years ago

The interior of the execution chamber in the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind.
Politics & Policy

Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases

An AP review of court filings shows executioners who put 13 inmates to death during the Trump presidency offered sanitized, incomplete versions of the executions to judges.

5 years ago

Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (NJ Spotlight)
Courts & Law
NJ Spotlight

Outraged by abuse at women’s prison, Democratic senators call for creation of public advocate

The new position would be independent of governor, provide oversight for state-run prisons, veterans homes, psychiatric hospitals, developmental centers and other facilities.

5 years ago

GUANTANAMO Bay
NPR
Courts & Law

Biden administration aims to close Guantanamo Bay prison

The closure of the detention facility will take time, National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne told NPR.

5 years ago

This June 1, 2018, file photo shows a housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)
Courts & Law

A pardoned man died in prison before Gov. Wolf signed his commutation — spurring talk of reforms

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said the death “personally devastated” him, and galvanized him to push Gov. Wolf to speed up the commutation process.

5 years ago

File photo: The Cumberland County Jail. (April Saul for WHYY)
Courts & Law

‘Not asking for a dime’: Incarcerated people sue Cumberland County over jail conditions

Prisoners are suing Cumberland officials over conditions inside the county jail and accusing them of mistreatment. A county commissioner says otherwise.

5 years ago

The Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. (NJ Spotlight)
Courts & Law

Three corrections officers charged in January attack at N.J. women’s prison

Officials said the late-night attacks at the prison in Hunterdon County left the victims with scratches, concussions, and at least one orbital fracture.

5 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Courts & Law

Philly prisons lift shelter-in-place measures, but COVID infections still on the rise

The move comes after receiving the results of court-ordered COVID-19 testing of all incarcerated people and staff in Philly’s four jails.

5 years ago

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