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apnews.com
Judge orders takeover of health care operations in Arizona prisons after years of poor care
PHOENIX (AP) -- A federal judge has ordered a take-over of health care operations in Arizona's prisons and will appoint an official to run the system after years of complaints about poor medical and mental health care.
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nypost.com
Family sues over viral video showing California inmate getting...
The family of a Merced inmate fatally stabbed nearly 180 times at a state prison is suing the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for "deliberate indifference" after horrifying video of the killing went viral.
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www.washingtonpost.com
Arkansas moves to ban books in prisons as a drug-fighting measure
A cell block at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections. (Danny Johnston/AP)
The Arkansas Department of Corrections is set to ban all physical books, magazines and newspapers sent directly to inmates -- a restriction, pushed as a drug-fighting measure, that would be strictest of its kind in prisons across the country.
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www.yahoo.com
Group investigating claims of religious conversion at Oklahoma jail
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A county office was accused of coercing detention center inmates into converting to Christianity, but the sheriff in charge of the jail said there is no truth to the claims.
