Authorities in Alabama claim a teen committed suicide in a jail cell an hour after being arrested, another suspicious case of a Black woman dying…
Capping off a week of events and political actions to tackle prison reform, President Obama on Thursday became the first sitting president to visit a…
A week after the White House announced the president would commute sentences for dozens of non-violent drug offenders this summer, Barack Obama made good on the…
When 22-year-old Kalief Browder took his life, New York City heaved. Browder spent three years on Rikers Island, the infamous New York City jail where he…
#BREAKING: After 4decades of #solitary confinement, tonight a judge granted #AlbertWoodfox unconditional release! pic.twitter.com/jTpr1fZi6q — AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) June 8, 2015 A federal district court on…
Prison Break. The real-life version.
Unsanitary and dangerous conditions at the Baltimore City Detention center prompted civil rights lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union to file a motion Tuesday…
Cheese has got to be the best creation since sliced bread. And don’t even get me started on what happens when you put those two…
One prisoner has gone to one of the world’s biggest publications to share his views that more correctional facilities should give inmates a chance to…
When Frederick Hutson landed in prison at the age of 24 on a drug trafficking charge in Florida, he was surprised to learn that it…
Last year, Ronald “Ra Diggs” Herron, a 33-year-old accused New York City gang member, was sentenced to 12 life terms, plus 105 years in prison…
A new report from MetricMaps details a shocking statistic — in 16 states in the nation, there are more people locked up in correctional facilities than those…
