Third Death in Four Weeks Rocks Bedford Hills Women’s Prison
Rebecca McCray / New York Focus — This week’s death, which incarcerated people and advocates described as a suicide, comes at a time of turmoil in the facility...
In Brutal Summer Heat, Prisoners Say Their Cells Are Like “Stifling Hot Coffins”
By: Victoria Law, Truthout - Shortly after midnight this past Friday, guards found 37-year-old Elizabeth Hagerty dead in her un-air-conditioned Texas prison cell. The day before, temperatures had reached nearly 100 degrees...