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In Orange County, lawmakers have called on the sheriff’s office to answer questions about how ICE detainees are treated inside Orange County Jail. Corrections officials are dismissing all allegations of inhumane conditions and neglect.

As the COVID-19 vaccination rollout continues across Massachusetts, the Berkshire House of Correction in Lanesborough is taking part. Nationwide,…

Each year, more than half a million Americans are released from prison and join a population of twenty million people who live with a felony record.…

There’s now a special housing unit at a county jail in New York’s Hudson Valley to support mental health treatment.The new Acute Mental Health Unit at the…

Electronic monitoring. Locked-down drug treatment centers. House arrest. Mandated psychiatric treatment. Data-driven surveillance. Extended probation.…

Behind bars, Chris Wilson embarked on a remarkable journey of self-improvement; reading, working out, learning languages, even starting a business. At the…

In November, WAMC aired an interview with Berkshire County Sheriff Thomas Bowler. In it, he expressed his disbelief in the effectiveness of medically…

Continuing a series of conversations with top law enforcement officials in Berkshire County, WAMC Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes sat down with Sheriff…

Alisa Roth is a former staff reporter for Marketplace and frequent contributor to various NPR programs. A Soros Justice Fellow, her work has also appeared…

Thousands of pregnant women pass through our nation’s jails every year. What happens to them as they carry their pregnancies in a space of punishment? In…