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Alabama woman sues alleging she gave birth on prison floor as guards watched https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/alabama-prison-birth-lawsuit #Alabama #UsPrisons #UsNews
Alabama woman sues alleging she gave birth on prison floor as guards watched

Tiffany McElroy says inmates assisted in delivering her baby in May 2024 after jail staff left her to fend for herself

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US news | The GuardianMay 9
Betty Broderick, convicted in 1989 killings of ex-husband and his new wife, dies aged 78 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/betty-broderick-convicted-double-murder-ex-husband-wife-dead #California #UsPrisons #UsCrime #WestCoast #UsNews
Betty Broderick, convicted in 1989 killings of ex-husband and his new wife, dies aged 78

Broderick was serving a life sentence in California over killings and last month transferred to a medical center

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US news | The GuardianApr 8
He was sentenced to death despite not pulling the trigger. An unlikely coalition saved his life https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/08/charles-sonny-burton-alabama #CapitalPunishment #UsPrisons #Alabama #UsNews
He was sentenced to death despite not pulling the trigger. An unlikely coalition saved his life

In an act transcending politics, tens of thousands successfully banded together to make the case against executing Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton

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Paria sans portefeuilleApr 4

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #VictoriaLaw, author of "#CorridorsOfContagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of #Incarceration."

Law describes in harrowing detail how state neglect and #carceralAbuse amplified the ravages of #Covid19 in the US prison system

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/18960148-amplifying-the-violence-of-incarceration-victoria-law-on-prisons-during-pandemic

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Amplifying the Violence of Incarceration: Victoria Law on Prisons During Pandemic - Speaking Out of Place

Today I am honored to speak with veteran journalist Victoria Law.  She is the author of such books as Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women, Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms (co-autho...

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US news | The GuardianMar 6
‘Abject cruelty’: review of 911 calls from Texas ICE detention facility reveals disturbing conditions https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/06/texas-ice-detention-center-el-paso #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #Texas #UsImmigration #UsPrisons #UsNews
‘Abject cruelty’: review of 911 calls from Texas ICE detention facility reveals disturbing conditions

Overcrowding, medical neglect and malnutrition are regular features of Camp East Montana in El Paso

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US news | The GuardianFeb 18
Women in California prison accuse staff cook of rape and urge criminal charges https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/california-womens-prison-ciw-chino #California #UsPrisons #UsNews #WorldNews #WestCoast
Women in California prison accuse staff cook of rape and urge criminal charges

Exclusive: After investigators concluded an abuse incident occurred, women speak out for first time – ‘I was so scared to tell anybody’

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Opinion | The Guardian USFeb 17
ICE holds people in disgusting conditions. Now it’s turning warehouses into camps | Moira Donegan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/17/ice-holds-people-in-disgusting-conditions-now-its-turning-warehouses-into-camps #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UsImmigration #TrumpAdministration #UsPrisons #UsPolitics #UsNews
ICE holds people in disgusting conditions. Now it’s turning warehouses into camps

The Trump administration has bought warehouses across the US that could hold thousands. But resistance is growing

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US news | The GuardianFeb 5
Oregon must dismiss more than 1,400 cases due to attorney shortage, court rules https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/05/oregon-supreme-court-ruling-attorney-shortage #Oregon #WestCoast #UsNews #WorldNews #UsPrisons
Oregon must dismiss more than 1,400 cases due to attorney shortage, court rules

Severe lack of public defenders has meant people charged with crimes have been routinely unable to fight their cases

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World news | The GuardianJan 30
Incarcerated activists from Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution sent to solitary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/alabama-solution-activist-solitary-confinement #DocumentaryFilms #Alabama #UsPrisons #Film #Culture #UsNews
Incarcerated activists from Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution sent to solitary

Transfer of subjects of acclaimed film about inhumane prison conditions described as ‘straight-up retaliation’

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Culture | The Guardian USJan 30
Incarcerated activists from Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution sent to solitary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/alabama-solution-activist-solitary-confinement #DocumentaryFilms #Alabama #UsPrisons #Film #Culture #UsNews
Incarcerated activists from Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution sent to solitary

Transfer of subjects of acclaimed film about inhumane prison conditions described as ‘straight-up retaliation’

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