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#SeeALICE Mythbuster Stories
Staff member Kaleem Nazeem was featured in the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation's #SeeAlice Mythbuster Series. Despite the essential work...
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Jun 22, 2020
Incarcerated, infected and ignored: inside the Cummins prison outbreak
The Nation and the Arkansas Nonprofit News Network I Molly Minta On Friday, April 10, Dashujauhn “Heavy” Danzie heard that his fellow...
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Jun 17, 2020
COVID-19 Inside Arkansas Prisons: The Past and Future
KUAF I Anna Stitt In a three-part series supported by the National Geographic Society's COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists,...
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Jun 11, 2020
COVID-19 Inside Arkansas Prisons: The Death of Derick Coley
KUAF I Anna Stitt In a three-part series supported by the National Geographic Society's COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists,...
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Jun 10, 2020
COVID-19 Inside Arkansas Prisons: Virus Spreads Through Inmate Populations and Staff
KUAF I Anna Stitt In a three-part series supported by the National Geographic Society's COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists,...
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Jun 9, 2020
Arkansas Told Corrections Officers to Keep Working Even If They’re Infected With COVID-19
Mother Jones I Samantha Michaels In late April, Marco was resting in his barracks at Cummins Unit prison in Arkansas, sick with COVID-19,...
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Jun 2, 2020
State deaths rise 3, to 76; legislators strike $55M aid deal
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette I Ginny Monk The three additional covid-19 deaths announced Sunday were all associated with congregate...
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May 4, 2020
Garland County failure-to-pay warrants put people at risk of arrest, advocates say
Arkansas Times I Molly Minta On April 3, 24-year-old Cameron Guyton left the plasma center where he works in Hot Springs to visit the...
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Apr 29, 2020
Hearing set today on ACLU’s lawsuit over coronavirus danger in state prisons
Arkansas Times I Max Brantley Federal Judge Kristine Baker has set a hearing at 2 p.m. today on the ACLU’s request for a temporary...
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Apr 28, 2020
With Prison Visitation Suspended Due to Covid-19, Families Say Phone Calls Should Be Free.
Telecommunications companies that serve prisons and jails, like Securus Technologies and Global Tel Link, are offering a limited number...
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Apr 2, 2020
State lawmakers OK pact for private lockup; final vote set
NWA Online I John Moritz A private prison company's plans to build a first-of-its-kind jail in southeast Arkansas received its...
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Dec 18, 2019
Cutting Arkansas’ prison population in half by 2025 is goal of ACLU plan
FOX 16 LITTLE ROCK — The ACLU of Arkansas today released a report outlining a series of reforms to reduce the number of people...
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Oct 4, 2019
Group protests arming security guards in the LRSD
Arkansas Times I Leslie Newell Peacock Community activists with Grassroots Arkansas announced their opposition today to arming security...
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Jul 16, 2019
Former Arkansas inmate shedding light on juvenile justice reform
KATV I Marine Gilsovic LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — In hopes of shedding light on new legislation that's expanding opportunities for Arkansas...
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May 13, 2019
Too Poor To Pay- How Arkansas’s Offender Funded Justice System Drives Poverty & Mass Incarceration
The Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Prison population rates, of which the United States has the highest in the world, are often cited...
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Mar 20, 2019
Big news today from the U.S. Supreme Court. It ruled unanimously that the Constitution limits govern
Big news today from the U.S. Supreme Court. It ruled unanimously that the Constitution limits governments in taking private property used...
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Feb 21, 2019
Advocacy Groups Preparing For The 92nd General Assembly Of The Arkansas State Legislature
KUAR I David Monteith Now that bill filing for the 92nd General Assembly of the Arkansas State Legislature has opened, both new and...
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Nov 19, 2018
From Life in Prison to Helping Others: 32 Years Behind Bars for Murder
KARK I Caitlin Rearden HOT SPRINGS, Ark.- A Hot Springs woman was sentenced to life in prison at just 17 for murder. After spending...
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Apr 24, 2018
Q&A with Sheriff Eric Higgins
What did you learn at Exodus which shaped your vision for how you want to run the sheriff’s office? In terms of incarceration, reentry...
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Apr 1, 2018
Q&A with Megan Kurten
DecARcerate was proud to partner with Megan Kurten for her Clinton School of Public Service Capstone Paper. Kurten’s paper deals with...
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Mar 1, 2018
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