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Apr 9, 2021
The Clemency Project: "His continued incarceration raises more questions than his imprisonment ever answered."
Ronald Pursley, 63, is not only a heart attack survivor, but he has serious, lingering cardiovascular issues including congestive heart failure and hypertension.
Mar 1, 2021
The Clemency Project: "He would have been released by now."
Sherman Wright, 56, has been incarcerated at the Lansing Correctional Facility since age 23 for robbery and burglary charges. He moves more slowly and painfully now.
Feb 19, 2021
The Clemency Project: “My family is desperate for me to receive the care I need…”
Officials at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility initially explained away Christopher McIntyre’s extreme pain in his side and back in late 2020 as a muscle sprain. The dismissals continued even as he dropped a shocking 50 pounds.
Dec 10, 2020
The Stone Catchers
Near the end of the book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, author and Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson encounters a woman he had often noticed sitting in the courtroom.
Dec 12, 2019
Set Up for Failure: The Impossible Probation System (Sedgwick County)
If Kansas were a country, its incarceration rate would be second only to that of the U.S.1 Kansas faces a significant overcrowding issue in its prisons. A notable contributing factor to the state’s high rate of incarceration is imprisonment due to technical violations of probation.
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