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After 5 Deaths in State Prisons In Recent Weeks, Mississippi Moving Inmates to Private Facilities. Here's What to Know
By Josiah Bates
Sentenced to Life As a Teen, D.C. Inmate Championed by Kim Kardashian Released After More Than 20 Years in Prison
By Josiah Bates
While Prisoners Struggle to Afford Calls to Their Families, States Are Making a Profit. This Must Stop Now
By Clint Smith
9 Killed, Dozens Escape in Brazil Prison Riot
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Private Prisons Lock Up Thousands Of Americans With Almost No Oversight
America’s for-profit prison industry controls 126,000 Americans’ lives. It’s a $5 billion sector — one that encompasses the operation of 65% of the nation’s immigration detention beds. And at the same time, it is largely...
By Lauren-Brooke Eisen
November 8, 2017
The Destructive Lie Behind "Mass Incarceration"
That term is hiding what's actually happening in the correctional system
By Elizabeth Gaynes
May 19, 2017
Why We Should Regulate Self-Driving Cars like Drugs
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
January 31, 2017
We Need 'Open Source' Crops
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
January 9, 2017
Youth Prisons Don't Work
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
October 31, 2016
How Racial Stereotypes Rob Us of Great Athletes
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
August 25, 2016
Karachi, Pakistan's Largest City, Will Be Run from Jail
The man set to be elected mayor has been imprisoned for over a month
By Rishi Iyengar
August 23, 2016
How Nature Can Help Prisoners
Inmates who watch nature videos have fewer violent infractions
By Alexandra Sifferlin
August 5, 2016
Messi to Appeal Sentence for Tax Fraud
Messi's attorneys said "there is a good chance the appeal will succeed"
By Rishi Iyengar
July 7, 2016
Oscar Pistorius Gets 6 Years for Murder
The judge declined to impose the minimum 15-year sentence requested by state prosecutors
By Rishi Iyengar
July 6, 2016
Turkey Jails Man for Comparing President Erdogan to Gollum
The
Lord of the Rings
character is described as a "slimy creature"
By Rishi Iyengar
June 24, 2016
Gucci Mane to Stage Homecoming Concert
The rap star was released from prison last month
By TIME Staff
June 21, 2016
Here's How Humans Learn To Be Selfish
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
June 20, 2016
How I Helped Raise My Kids From Prison
Mandatory minimum sentences changed my life
By Weldon Angelos
June 17, 2016
11 Sentenced to Life in Prison for Massacre During 2002 Gujarat Riots
Nearly 70 people were burned alive in one of the worst incidents of the 2002 Gujarat riots
By Rishi Iyengar
June 17, 2016
Inside the Hell of Venezuelan Police Prisons
20,000 inmates are being kept in prisons designed for just 5,000
By Ioan Grillo/Caracas and Jorge Benezra/Caracas
June 8, 2016
Chinese Students Face Up to 7 Years in Prison for Cheating on College-Entrance Exams
In addition to SWAT teams guarding test papers and drones scouring for test fraud
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
June 8, 2016
Obama’s Post-Prison Jobs Plan Is Not Enough
His proposal for federal employees is just a start
By Benjamin Levin
May 12, 2016
Attorney General Tours Alabama Prison
Given the opportunity he was presented—a candid conversation with the Attorney General of the United States—federal prison inmate Tony Moses took a chance. “I could get a call tomorrow saying that, ‘Hey, Moses, the Attorney...
By Maya Rhodan / Talladega, Alabama
April 29, 2016
U.S. Plans to make It Easier For Former Prisoners to Get ID
The moved is timed for National Reentry Week
By Maya Rhodan
April 25, 2016
What I Learned Treating Psychiatric Patients at Rikers Island
We should improve mental-health care in the correctional system
By Nathaniel P. Morris
April 18, 2016
What Life Is Like for Prisoners After Their Sentences Are Commuted
Barbra Scrivner wasn’t supposed to be in Washington. In 1995 she was sentenced to 30 years in prison for her involvement in a meth-distribution ring. Twice she tried to take her own life. But in...
By Maya Rhodan
March 30, 2016
Mass Murderer Breivik Sues Norway for 'Inhuman Treatment'
Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in 2011
By Mark Rivett-Carnac
March 15, 2016
What We Don't Understand About Violent Offenders
What we can learn from a man who served 19 years in prison about devastating effects of the criminal justice system and the power of hope
By Erica Williams Simon
March 11, 2016
Americans Must Know What Was Done in Their Name
Democracies confront their misdeeds, not conceal them
By Alex Abdo
February 5, 2016
Overcrowded Indonesian Prisons Foster Islamic Extremism
The government's efforts to deradicalize imprisoned jihadists are falling short
By Hannah Beech / Jakarta
February 5, 2016
Record Number of People Exonerated in 2015
Five of the convicts were awaiting execution
By NBC News
February 3, 2016
I Spent My Teen Years in Solitary Confinement and This Is What I Learned
President Obama’s recent reforms aren’t enough to fix a broken system
By Reginald Dwayne Betts
January 28, 2016
Obama Bans Solitary Confinement for Juveniles
“In America, we believe in redemption”
By Mark Rivett-Carnac
January 25, 2016
Washington
Post
Reporter Freed From Iran Returns to U.S.
Jason Rezaian, freed last weekend in a prisoner swap with Iran, was en route to the United States
By Corky Siemaszko / NBC News
January 22, 2016
Why Concussions Don't Keep College Athletes Off the Field
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
January 8, 2016
Serial Killer Oscar Ray Bolin Executed in Florida
He is the first inmate to be killed by lethal injection in 2016
By Tracy Connor / NBC News
January 8, 2016
Police Arrest Man on the Run Since the 1980s
James Edward Coe, 71, escaped from a North Carolina prison in 1986
By Maya Rhodan
December 29, 2015
How to Help Veterans Succeed
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
December 9, 2015
Japanese Criminals Are Aging Too
Older inmates are the latest symptom of Japan’s rapidly aging society
By Mark Rivett-Carnac
November 13, 2015
Transgender Woman in U.K. Must Stay in All-Male Prison
Petitioners have asked that she be removed to a women's prison
By Sarah Begley
October 30, 2015
'You Would Probably Be Raped Every Day' in Prison, Judge Tells Convict
"Do you know what would happen ... to a young and dumb person in prison?"
By Rishi Iyengar
October 30, 2015
Feds Make Prison Phone Calls Less Expensive
Federal prisons will be allowed to charge a maximum of 11 cents per minute
By Tessa Berenson
October 22, 2015
What to Know About 6,000 Prisoners Being Released
"This isn’t about letting people off the hook"
By Maya Rhodan
October 14, 2015
Angolan Rapper Luaty Beirao's Condition Worsens
He is being held for allegedly conspiring to overthrow Angolan President Eduardo Dos Santos
By Rishi Iyengar
October 14, 2015
Prison Phone Calls Shouldn't Penalize Families
Telecommunication companies are profiting off calls to inmates
By Ben Jealous and Malkia Cyril
October 9, 2015
U.K. Prime Minister Dismisses Jamaican Demands for Slavery Reparations
Former colonial nations are becoming increasingly vocal about seeking restitution
By Joanna Plucinska
October 1, 2015
Convicted Killer Mistakenly Set Free in Louisiana
Correctional officers didn't notice the error until five days after Benjuiel Johnson had been set free
By Helen Regan
September 30, 2015
Read the Speech Pope Francis Made at a Philadelphia Prison
Pope Francis met with inmates at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia Sunday. Here is a transcript of his remarks, according to the Vatican press office. Thank you for receiving me and giving me the...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
September 27, 2015
Video Shows Man Die in Prison While Under Surveillance
He lost 50 pounds before he died
By Tessa Berenson
September 24, 2015
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