FRIDAY DATA DUMP: The Thin Line Between Prison Cells And Prison Sells

ALSO: Gitmo is still a thing

'Everyone will die in prison': How Louisiana's plan to lock people up longer imperils its sickest inmates
https://www.wwno.org/politics/2024-04-01/everyone-will-die-in-prison-how-louisianas-plan-to-lock-people-up-longer-imperils-its-sickest-inmates

‘He was a human being’: US prisoners are dying from treatable conditions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/04/new-jersey-prisons-deaths-preventable

Death behind bars: DC family searching for answers after son's death in federal prison
https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/death-behind-bars-dc-family-searching-for-answers-after-sons-death-in-federal-prison/3583225/

OPINION: The testimony on prison deaths the Alaska Legislature wouldn't hear
https://www.adn.com/opinions/2024/03/29/opinion-the-testimony-on-prison-deaths-the-alaska-legislature-wouldnt-hear/

KQED's 'On Our Watch' Uncovers Corruption and Abuse at California’s New Folsom Prison
https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905233/kqeds-on-our-watch-uncovers-corruption-and-abuse-at-californias-new-folsom-prison

After governor's push for reforms, a new report details harsh conditions at women's prison
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/04/05/after-governors-push-for-reforms-a-new-report-details-harsh-conditions-at-womens-prison/

Attorney seeks external review of conditions at Waupun prison amid lawsuit
https://www.wpr.org/news/attorney-external-review-conditions-waupun-prison-lawsuit

As Leavenworth prison suspends visits, concern grows about conditions for incarcerated people
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/04/05/leavenworth-prison-visits

Prison-tech company bribed jails to ban in-person visits (permalink)
https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/02/captive-customers/#guillotine-watch

The Slow Death of a Prison Profiteer: How Activism Brought Securus to the Brink
https://theappeal.org/securus-bankruptcy-prison-telecom-industry/

Private Prison Operator GEO Sells $1.73 Billion of Bonds, Loans
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/private-prison-operator-geo-sells-211122671.html

Pay to stay: Florida inmates charged for prison cells long after incarceration
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/pay-to-stay-florida-inmates-charged-for-prison-cells-long-after-incarceration

As Washington state’s prison population shrank, the cost of incarceration went up
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/04/03/washington-state-prison-population-shrank-as-cost-of-incarceration-went-up/

OPINION: A step toward addressing Alaska’s appalling prison statistics
https://www.adn.com/opinions/2024/04/02/opinion-a-step-toward-addressing-alaska-appalling-prison-statistics/

Prison job vacancies high as prison population exceeds projections
https://ncnewsline.com/2024/04/05/prison-job-vacancy-rates-still-high-as-prison-population-exceeds-projections/

I Made 13 Cents an Hour as a Prison Janitor. Here's Why I Donated My Wages to Gaza Relief
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/04/05/prison-janitor-donates-gaza-relief-islam

Gaza detainees have limbs amputated due to Israeli shackle injuries
https://www.newarab.com/news/gaza-detainees-have-limbs-amputated-due-israeli-shackles

Anti-Assad Syrians lead protests against prison torture by rebel group
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/2/anti-assad-syrians-lead-protests-against-prison-torture-rebel-group

Manizha Sediqi: I Have not Been Tortured in Prison
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-188155

Women’s Movement Claims Taliban Coerced Manizha Seddiqi To Give Forced Confession
https://www.afintl.com/en/202404056046

Iranian Sociologist Held in 'Inhumane' State at Damavand Prison
https://iranwire.com/en/prisoners/127037-iranian-sociologist-held-in-inhumane-state-at-damavand-prison/

Spike in executions shows Iran’s prisons are ‘killing fields’, says Amnesty International
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240404-spike-executions-iran-turned-prisons-into-killing-fields-says-amnesty-international

Oklahoma judge tells prison staff feeling strain of execution schedule: ‘Suck it up’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/02/oklahoma-judge-execution-schedule

Missouri’s First Execution of 2024 Scheduled for Man Whose Trial Lawyers Had Conflicts of Interest and Who Has Unprecedented Support for Clemency
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/missouris-first-execution-of-2024-scheduled-for-man-whose-trial-lawyers-had-conflicts-of-interest-and-who-has-unprecedented-support-for-clemency

More than 150 people call on Missouri governor to forgive Brian Dorsey’s death penalty
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/03/missouri-governor-brian-dorsey-death-penalty

He’s on Death Row for Murders. Prison Workers Say He Should Be Spared.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/us/missouri-death-penalty-brian-dorsey.html

Did Prosecutors’ Sex Shaming Help Send Brenda Andrew to Death Row?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/us/supreme-court-death-penalty-sex-shaming.html

Ugandan court upholds anti-gay law that allows the death penalty in some cases
https://apnews.com/article/uganda-antigay-law-constitution-court-651623657b0a971e755080c7bda40a8b

Man jailed in Qatar for using Grindr ‘pressured to name sexual partners’
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/05/gay-manuel-guerrero-avina-qatar-jail/

Trans Prisoners Overwhelmingly Thrown in Solitary Confinement, Report Says
https://theappeal.org/trans-prisoners-overwhelmingly-thrown-in-solitary/

Justice Department sues Utah, saying it discriminated against incarcerated transgender woman
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/04/02/justice-department-sues-utah/

Colorado transgender woman who served decades in prison finds help at Aurora nonprofit
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-transgender-woman-prison-help-aurora-nonprofit/

I help shelter dogs and people in prison rebuild their lives. But I’ll never call it a second chance.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/second-chance-fresh-start-prison-dog-program-20240404.html

"Courageous" K-9 killed while protecting officer from MS-13 gang members during Virginia prison attack, officials say
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/k9-killed-prison-attack-protecting-officer-virginia-department-of-corrections/

When Haiti’s gangs shop for guns, the United States is their store
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/05/haiti-gangs-american-guns/

The US ‘contingency plan’: Send Haitians to Guantanamo, again
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/3/31/the-us-contingency-plan-send-haitians-to-guantanamo-again

Tougher Security Measures Are Causing Upset at Guantánamo Prison
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/us/politics/guantanamo-security-prisoners.html

The Guantánamo Spy Who Wasn’t
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/magazine/guantanamo-spy-case.html