US Prisons

• Killers of Black people less likely to face U.S. death penalty than Black criminals: report

  The federal government this year began carrying out executions again after a 17-year hiatus despite waning public support for the death penalty.

  World

  Sep 15, 2020
  
• Alabama court frees man who served 36 years in prison for stealing $50

  Alvin Kennard was previously sentenced to life in prison under Alabama's three-strikes law.

  World

  Aug 30, 2019
  
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• United States to end use of private prisons

  The Obama administration said Thursday it will phase out its contracts with private prisons, affecting thousands of federal inmates.

  Money

  Aug 18, 2016