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Ty Garbin pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years and three months in prison, according to court records, and three years of supervised release following his prison sentence.

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  • Law

One Of The Men Charged In The Michigan Governor Kidnap Plot Gets 6 Years In Prison

Ty Garbin pleaded guilty last year for his role in a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from her vacation home.

August 26, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
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A Court In China Sentences A Canadian Businessman To 11 Years In Prison

Michael Spavor was found guilty of espionage in a case condemned by Western diplomats as political hostage-taking related to the detention in Canada of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

August 11, 2021
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  • Emily Feng
Patrick O'Neill, 64, is a member of the Kings Bay Plowshares. He reports to prison in January for a 14-month sentence.

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Longtime Anti-Nuclear Activists Face Prison, Again, After Breaking Into Naval Base

In the midst of a pandemic that's wreaking havoc on prisons and disproportionately affects older people, activists known as the Kings Bay Plowshares have been sentenced to up to 33 months in prison.

December 28, 2020
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  • Emma Peaslee
A sign reading "HELP" is posted in the window of an inmate's cell during a 2019 tour with state officials at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala.

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  • National

Alabama Vows To 'Fervently Defend' Prison System Against Justice Department Lawsuit

State officials say they were blindsided this week by the legal action alleging brutal and unconstitutional conditions in the state's prisons.

December 11, 2020
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  • Debbie Elliott
Left photo: Becky McKenney, left, and Mike McKenney, right, visit Bob VanSumeren while he was incarcerated. The couple are parents to Bob's former girlfriend, Jillian, who has also remained close to Bob. Right photo: Becky, Bob and Mike on the day that Bob was sworn in as an attorney.

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A High School Dropout Finds Support On Road From Prison To Law School

Bob VanSumeren served nearly six years in prison for robbery. But Mike McKenney, the dad of his former girlfriend, never gave up on Bob. "Your visits kept me from sinking fully into prison," Bob said.

October 23, 2020
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  • Jey Born

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  • Fine Art

Artist In Residence Creates Portraits Of Reform At The District Attorney's Office

"I've been an artist since I was a child," says James "Yaya" Hough. After serving 27 years in prison, he is now the first-ever artist in residence at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.

October 19, 2020
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  • Neda Ulaby
CoreCivic headquarters in Tennessee.

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  • Health

Health Officials Blame Prison For COVID Outbreak In Rural Southeast Georgia

Another error in COVID-19 data reporting has obscured an outbreak in a Georgia prison and in the community surrounding it.  

September 16, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup, Georgia

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  • Health

Prison COVID Cases Fuel New Rural Hotspot; State's Map Draws Criticism

Wayne County, in southeast Georgia, has the 10th-highest rate among U.S. counties of cases per resident, according to figures reported by the New York Times. That’s been driven by FCI Jesup, a federal prison in the county that has more than 200 COVID-19 cases, including 15 staff members.

July 23, 2020
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  • Andy Miller
New York Times best-selling author Wahida Clark got her start as an author while serving a federal prison sentence. Today, she runs her own publishing company and is known as "the queen of street lit."

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  • News

The 'Queen Of Street Lit': Wahida Clark's Journey From Federal Prison To Best-Seller Lists

When Wahida Clark went to federal prison in 1999, she knew she needed some way to support her teenage daughters from behind bars. She never thought it...

April 10, 2020
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  • Pria Mahadevan and
  • Virginia Prescott
Georgia has one of the highest rates of inmate suicide in the nation at nearly double the national average.

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  • Mental Health

High Rate Of Prison Suicides In Georgia Draws Concerns

When Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide last month in a New York Corrections Facility, questions about the state of mental healthcare in America’s prisons...

September 24, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Pria Mahadevan
The ACLU of Georgia filed an appeal on behalf of Jeffery Geter, a man with mental disabilities who is seeking proper medical care while at prison and wants to vindicate his rights in court.

ACLU Ga. Says Mentally Disabled Inmate Denied Health Care

The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia is asking a federal appeals court to force the Georgia Department of Corrections to provide medical care...

February 05, 2019
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  • Ellen Eldridge

Georgia Agrees To Improve Solitary Confinement Conditions

Corrections officials have agreed to improve conditions for prisoners in Georgia's most restrictive solitary confinement facility, which an expert had...

January 09, 2019
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  • Associated Press
A new audit says it costs Georgia more to keep inmates in privately run prisons than in those run by the state.

Audit: In Georgia, Private Prisons Cost More Than State-Run Prisons

A new audit says it costs Georgia more to keep inmates in privately run prisons than in those run by the state. State prisons cost about $44.56 per...

January 02, 2019
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  • Associated Press
Georgia State Prison

State Corrections Ordered To Follow Federal Overtime Laws

Some state corrections employees are getting thousands of dollars in back pay following a federal investigation.

October 03, 2018
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  • Cindy Hill
Pat Turner, left, hugs Anthony Ray Hinton as he leaves the Jefferson County jail in Birmingham, Alabama.

Exonerated After 30 Years On Death Row, 'The Sun Does Shine' For Anthony Ray Hinton

For nearly three decades, Anthony Ray Hinton lived on Alabama's death row. When he was convicted in 1985 for allegedly murdering two restaurant managers...

March 28, 2018
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  • Fenly Foxen
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