Rising Minnesota jail phone call costs are forcing families to limit communication with incarcerated loved ones, raising concerns about mental health, fairness, and rehabilitation.
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A Call for Reform at Hennepin County Jail
Hennepin County Jail is in crisis due to overcrowding, understaffing, and inadequate medical care, resulting in seven deaths in the past two years and a lack of access to medical care for inmates awaiting trial.
Posted inOpinion
Will Minnesota repair broken justice for lifers?
Unless Minnesotans are prepared to accept a system of “justice for some,” the “lifer” review process must be reformed.
Posted inOpinion
Work release should be expanded
We should follow the law and support people in prison, like me, following their dreams.
Posted inNational, News
Inmates who died asked for release before falling ill with COVID
COVID is running rampant through the Alderson women’s prison in West Virginia, in one of the deadliest outbreaks this year at a federal correctional facility.
Posted inOpinion
The transgender experience in prison
Over the last year, the DOC has changed some of its policy to address concerns of the transgender prisoner community but many problems still exist.
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Thousands of MN prisoners remain unvaccinated
Prisons are notoriously dangerous places during a viral outbreak, and incarcerated people have been left at the mercy of those at the helm of correctional facilities across the country.