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FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2014, file photo, inmates wait to enter their assigned cell block after arriving at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, Calif. Corrections officials are proposing new sentencing rules that aim to trim California's prison population by nearly 2,000 inmates in the first year and by 9,500 inmates after four years. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) (AP)

If social distancing is impossible in prisons, people should be freed

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New report exposes vicious cycle of imprisonment

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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2013 file photo, inmates sit in their bunks in Dorm B at Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File) (AP)

#FreeBlackMamas bails black mothers from jail for Mother’s Day

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This former inmate is fighting for every prisoner’s right to a college degree

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“We thought we’d be safe”: Islan Nettles, the New Jersey 4 and the illusion of security for LGBTQ people of color

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“Trapped in the dark”: Marissa Alexander and how our twisted legal system re-victimizes domestic violence survivors

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