Guantánamo’s darkest secret - The US military prison’s leadership considered Mohamedou Salahi to be its highest-value detainee. But his guard suspected otherwise. ~life Article 19 771 words 14 votes
Alleged Christchurch mosque shooter makes formal complaint from prison ~news new zealand.christchurch crime Article 633 words 7 votes
‘A nightmare’: Inside the Federal jail in Brooklyn with little heat or electricity ~news usa.ny.nyc Article 974 words 7 votes
Canada betrays its own citizens. Hassan Diab's case is among its most egregious. ~society politics Article 1379 words 8 votes
South Carolina officials won’t evacuate prison ahead of Hurricane Florence ~enviro Article 410 words 13 votes
US inmates claim retaliation by prison officials as result of multi-state strike ~life work Article 891 words, published Aug 31 2018 23 votes
Major prison strike spreads across US and Canada as inmates refuse food ~news usa canada Article 676 words 19 votes
Prisoners striking in seventeen US states over prison conditions ~news usa Article 291 words, published Aug 18 2018 18 votes
US judge bars statements made by Guantánamo detainees during FBI interrogations ~news usa Article 1000 words 9 votes
US teachers' union urges pensions to cut investment in private prisons ~finance Article 460 words 6 votes
Captive audience: How companies make millions charging prisoners to send an email ~tech Article 2243 words 20 votes
Writing from Manus prison: a scathing critique of domination and oppression. Behrouz Boochani spent almost five years typing passages of his book into a mobile phone. The result resists classification ~books Article 1393 words 9 votes
For two decades, defending death row inmates ~life work Article 1561 words, published Apr 8 2011 5 votes
Basil Banghart, an incredibly interesting American criminal, burglar and prison escape artist ~humanities.history Article 4 votes
Should we treat crime as something to be cured rather than punished? Scotland’s police force has adopted a public health model to tackle violence. Should the rest of the world follow suit? ~life Article 3855 words 20 votes
Manhunt underway after notorious French gangster Rédoine Faïd breaks free from jail in dramatic helicopter escape ~news france crime Article 150 words 8 votes
US President Donald Trump proposes ending the crisis he created by creating another crisis -- The proposed executive order ending family separation is just here to create more hostages ~society politics Article 975 words 11 votes
Did you ever go to jail or prison what was it like? ~talk Ask (survey) I never been to prison myself, but I would really want to hear from people who have. 7 votes
US Federal prisons abruptly cancel policy that made it harder, costlier for inmates to get books ~books libraries.prison Article 1288 words 5 votes