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In December 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report showing the number of homicides in state and federal institutions in 2019 was almost quadruple that of 2001.

Lawmakers are urging the federal Bureau of Prisons to address prisoner health care after an NPR investigation detailed the stories of prisoners nationwide going without needed medical care.

The Duval County jail will cut ties with Armor Correctional Health Services after a former inmate died. The new provider, NaphCare, also has raised questions.

"Being Michelle" is about a deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse. In this interview, members of the documentary's production team discuss her story and the larger issues it raises.

The U.S. jail population has a 55% weekly turnover rate, raising the risk of infections passing between communities, according to the study.

With crowded conditions, notoriously substandard medical care and constantly shifting populations, prisons were ill-equipped to handle the virus, which killed nearly 3,000 prisoners and staff.

The state had already anticipated a reduction in J&J allocations and was using the two-dose Moderna vaccine instead.

Once supplies arrive, corrections officials have indicated that they have the ability to vaccinate all inmates who want a shot within 10 days.

The report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found 45 percent of inmates would refuse COVID-19 vaccinations.

A Florida group is working to shift the "narrative that not everyone who commits a felony should be written off for the rest of their life."