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Solar Power Gave Hope to Former Prisoners in NJ. Federal Cuts Are Taking It Back

As federal clean energy programs vanish under Trump, graduates of a reentry solar training program face an uncertain future.

By Rambo Talabong

Kavone Little stands outside the New Jersey Reentry Corporation’s Kearny facility after graduating from its solar panel installation program. Credit: Rambo Talabong/Inside Climate News
Artist Ernesto Valle (top left, bottom right) contributed two pieces highlighting toxic water conditions at Stateville Correctional Center, called "My Water is Toxic" and "The Kitchen Well." Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

In Chicago, Artists Imagine a World Without Prisons or Environmental Hazards

By Keerti Gopal

The Tomoka Correctional Institution is seen in Daytona Beach, Florida. Credit: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images

US Prisons and Jails Exposed to an Increasing Number of Hazardous Heat Days, Study Says

By Sarah Hopkins

The prison fence at the Southeast State Correctional Complex in Floyd County, Kentucky, meets a road and open coal seam. Credit: Jill Frank

Q&A: From Coal to Prisons in Eastern Kentucky, and the Struggle for a ‘Just Transition’

By James Bruggers

A mock prison cell.

Suicide Watch Incidents in Louisiana Prisons Spike by Nearly a Third on Extreme Heat Days, a New Study Finds

By Gina Jiménez

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