Without Reviews, Inmates Can Get Lost In U.S. Prison System

Laura Sullivan — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:09:00 +0000

Every year 10 million people funnel in and out of America's jails and prisons. And every year some of them get lost. Recently there have been two high-profile cases of such inmates — one who got out years too early, and one who stayed years too long. Both had disastrous consequences.

In January, Evan Ebel walked out of a Colorado prison four years too early. Two months later, he allegedly rang the doorbell of Tom Clements, the head of the Colorado Department of Corrections, shot him in the chest and killed him.

Tribal Coalition Report Finds South Dakota 'Willfully' Violated Child Welfare Law

Laura Sullivan — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:44:00 +0000

South Dakota's foster care system "systematically violated the spirit and the letter" of a law meant to protect Native American children, a coalition of tribal directors from the state's nine Sioux tribes said in a report released Thursday night.