US Department of Agriculture Provided Over $277 Million for Local Jail Construction Since 1996

Counties in the state that received the most money from the program over the last 20 years collected $66.7 million in loans since 2005.

Brian Sonenstein
بواسطة Brian Sonenstein
The Harris County Jail houses more than 8,000 inmates at any given time. For three months last year, 17-year-old Lena was one of them. (Photo: Callie Richmond/The Texas Tribune)

The United States government provided over $277 million in funding for county jail construction since 1996, according to documents obtained by Shadowproof. The funding came in the form of grants and long-term low-interest loans through the Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program run by the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development

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Black Diabetic Dies After Missouri Jail Withholds Insulin

Robinson was a diabetic that needed insulin shots at least twice a day. He was taken to Pemiscot County Jail, where his family says he begged jailers for insulin but was denied until he became so weak he couldn’t hold his head up.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell

This article was published in partnership with ShadowProof Last week, I shared the experiences of Phillip Baker, an advocate for diabetic prisoners: I only got into this because I’m a retired PA. I thought I might be able to help that first diabetic by using my training to advocate for him. The American Diabetes Association was consulted, and

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Lawsuits Show Gov. Contractors Intentionally Jailing The Poor For Profit

New lawsuits show that government hired contractors are squeezing the poor for every dollar they can, and seemingly squeezing any semblance of justice out of the U.S. legal system.

Bobby Rodrigo
بواسطة Bobby Rodrigo

Southwest Georgia (TFC) – Twice in the past fifteen days, two separate class action lawsuits, one in U.S. District Court, one in Grady County Superior Court, were filed naming Red Hills Community Probation (RHCP) LLC, its CEO Margaret B. Crutchfield, and the cities of Cairo, Pelham and Bainbridge, GA, that hired the private probation company, as

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Lawyers, Rights Groups Rally Around Author Of “Blood Diamonds,” Facing Jail

If convicted, the author faces up to nine years in prison and damages of 1.2 million dollars on the charge.

Lisa Vives
بواسطة Lisa Vives
Rafael Marques de Morais.

Rafael Marques de Morais. NEW YORK, Mar 31 2015  - The Southern Africa Litigation Centre, Amnesty International and over a dozen other human rights organisations including the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights have signed an open letter demanding justice for crusading Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, whose exposés

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MN Man Faces Six Months In Jail For Building A Wind Turbine

Nygard’s lawyer, Erick Kaardal, says that the family is prepared to go to jail if need be, because green and alternative energy is a right.

M. David for Counter Current News
بواسطة M. David for Counter Current News
Orono wind turbine

A Minnesota man is facing jail Thursday as the deadline set by a Hennepin County judge to remove a turbine he built on his own property has passed. This long-running dispute over wind turbine has led a judge to order the Orono resident,  Jay Nygard, to remove the wind turbine he built four years ago by February 11th, or else he and his wife

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Off Duty Cop Kidnaps Woman From Jail, Drives Her To His House ‘For Personal Relationship’

One of the kidnappers fellow officers stated: “You arrested her, you can do whatever the f*ck you want to do.”

Jackson Marciana | Counter Current News
بواسطة Jackson Marciana | Counter Current News

(Photo/my_southborough via Flickr) A police officer was recently found to have acted “inappropriately” after he pulled over an intoxicated Native American woman, and then drove her to his house to have a “personal relationship” with her. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer was disciplined, and given seven days off off work without

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