--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Prison ## Prison Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jan 4, 2020 ## [After 5 Deaths in State Prisons In Recent Weeks, Mississippi Moving Inmates to Private Facilities. Here's What to Know](https://time.com/5758512/mississippi-prison-violence-gang-riots-deaths/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Josiah Bates *  Oct 8, 2019 ## [Sentenced to Life As a Teen, D.C. Inmate Championed by Kim Kardashian Released After More Than 20 Years in Prison](https://time.com/5695322/momolu-stewart-prison-release-kardashian/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Josiah Bates *  May 24, 2019 ## [While Prisoners Struggle to Afford Calls to Their Families, States Are Making a Profit. This Must Stop Now](https://time.com/5595475/prison-phone-calls-connecticut-law/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Clint Smith *  Jan 2, 2018 ## [9 Killed, Dozens Escape in Brazil Prison Riot](https://time.com/5083643/brazil-prison-riot-brasilia/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Eli Meixler *  Nov 8, 2017 ## [Private Prisons Lock Up Thousands Of Americans With Almost No Oversight](https://time.com/5013760/american-private-prisons-donald-trump/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Lauren-Brooke Eisen *  May 19, 2017 ## [The Destructive Lie Behind "Mass Incarceration"](https://time.com/4786379/the-destructive-lie-behind-mass-incarceration/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Elizabeth Gaynes *  Jan 31, 2017 ## [Why We Should Regulate Self-Driving Cars like Drugs](https://time.com/4654980/why-we-should-regulate-self-driving-cars-like-drugs/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Jan 9, 2017 ## [We Need 'Open Source' Crops](https://time.com/4628569/we-need-open-source-crops/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Oct 31, 2016 ## [Youth Prisons Don't Work](https://time.com/4551363/youth-prisons-dont-work/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Aug 25, 2016 ## [How Racial Stereotypes Rob Us of Great Athletes](https://time.com/4465929/how-racial-stereotypes-rob-us-of-great-athletes/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Aug 23, 2016 ## [Karachi, Pakistan's Largest City, Will Be Run from Jail](https://time.com/4462466/karachi-mayor-waseem-akhtar-prison-mqm-pakistan/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rishi Iyengar *  Aug 5, 2016 ## [How Nature Can Help Prisoners](https://time.com/4440974/nature-forest-prison-inmates/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Jul 7, 2016 ## [Messi to Appeal Sentence for Tax Fraud](https://time.com/4396137/lionel-messi-prison-tax-fraud-father-appeal/) [SPORTS](/section/sports/) by Rishi Iyengar *  Jul 6, 2016 ## [Oscar Pistorius Gets 6 Years for Murder](https://time.com/4394393/oscar-pistorius-new-sentence-6-years-murder-reeva-steenkamp/) [SPORTS](/section/sports/) by Rishi Iyengar *  Jun 24, 2016 ## [Turkey Jails Man for Comparing President Erdogan to Gollum](https://time.com/4381049/turkey-erdogan-gollum-jail-man-rifat-cetin/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rishi Iyengar ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/prison/","name":"Prison"}}]}] ```