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16 votes
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Tracing the roots of pop culture transphobia
20 votes -
Peter Madsen, convicted of murdering Kim Wall in 2017, has been recaptured after escaping from his suburban jail in Copenhagen by taking a psychologist hostage
11 votes -
Nearly 1,000 inmates will be removed from San Quentin prison after its infection rate has gotten so bad it's been dubbed 'the Chernobyl of COVID'
10 votes -
Few US prisoners have been released since beginning of the pandemic: Nearly 3/4s of those held at jails are pretrial--meaning thousands of legally innocent individuals face a potential death sentence
7 votes -
Ameelio, a startup backed by the Mozilla's 'Fix the Internet', aims to provide free video calls and messaging to prisoners in the US where video calls can cost as much as $25 for 15min
11 votes -
An inmate's love for math leads to new discoveries: Published in the journal Research in Number Theory, he showed for the first time regularities in the approximation of a vast class of numbers
8 votes -
Prison inmates in Western Australia made 100 school desks in less than two weeks to donate to families for children homeschooling during the coronavirus pandemic
5 votes -
In four US state prisons, nearly 3,300 inmates test positive for coronavirus -- 96% without symptoms
10 votes -
Thirty-eight positive for coronavirus at Rikers, NYC jails
9 votes -
Chelsea Manning case: Judge orders release from prison
24 votes -
How Norway made a more humane prison
6 votes -
Rather than punishing prisoners, Finland's open prisons focus on rehabilitation and preparation for a smooth reentry into society
12 votes -
In 2017, Iceland had the lowest number of prisoners per inhabitants (thirty-nine per 100,000) among European countries, according to Eurostat
5 votes -
The pirate radio broadcaster who occupied Alcatraz and terrified the FBI
11 votes -
Privatizing public services: Does it work?
5 votes -
Report from the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has called on Denmark to improve conditions in two centres where migrants are detained
7 votes -
A$AP Rocky told he cannot perform for inmates at his old Swedish jail – national prison board cites logistical and security issues
4 votes -
In defence of America’s prison-industrial complex
10 votes -
It's not just a bunch of flowers - Why supporting Extinction Rebellion in a spirit of cooperation and friendship has, at times, been extraordinarily difficult
10 votes -
Four sentenced to federal prison for organic fraud
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Literature locked up: How prison book restriction policies constitute the nation’s largest book ban
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Crime and Punishment is an interesting, hard to watch, docu about the UK prison system
Channel 4 describe the programme "Series that captures the work of police, probation, prison, prosecution and parole". Here's a link to the first episode:...
Channel 4 describe the programme "Series that captures the work of police, probation, prison, prosecution and parole".
Here's a link to the first episode: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/crime-and-punishment/on-demand/64655-001
Crime and punishment is a documentary series that looks inside prison to tell the stories of the criminal justice system from the viewpoint of those involved.
The first episode spends some time talking about the unjust "Imprisonment for Public Protection"[1] sentences (these are no longer given by the courts but there are thousands of prisoners still imprisoned on them), how they went wrong, and the awful effect they have upon prisoners. It's a difficult watch. It shows how severely the mental health of prisoners is when they're on this type of sentence, including their serious self harm.
Episode two talks about pressure inside prisons and how that results in "riots", about how prisoners use the only power they have available to them.
I like the programme because it avoids judgmentalism. The prisoners are not reduced to the bad guys; the officers are not simplified to the good guys. You hear a little bit about some of the offences committed by the prisoners
Here's a Twitter thread from someone working in the English NHS. She works in forensic services as a psychologist. https://twitter.com/SarahE_Davidson/status/1173707912981700608
I guess Channel 4 On Demand have geo-blocking. I don't know if it's available on other services, or on torrent.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprisonment_for_public_protection
7 votes -
In short-staffed jail, Jeffrey Epstein was left alone for hours, and one of the two guards didn't normally work as a correctional officer
11 votes -
Jeffrey Epstein commits suicide at Manhattan jail
69 votes -
Lawyer argues that Humanists — who believe in good without a God — get short shrift in Nevada prisons
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Many US prisons deny Muslim inmates halal food and proper prayer
13 votes -
Jeffrey Epstein on suicide watch after accused sex trafficker is found injured in New York jail
17 votes -
Fearing for his life: Ramsey Orta filmed the killing of Eric Garner, so the police punished him
11 votes -
Fire at notorious Brooklyn federal jail as NYC enters heat wave
4 votes -
I was sexually assaulted. And I believe incarcerating rapists doesn’t help victims like me
7 votes -
A man who murdered his wife, three young children, and mother-in-law has become the first person in Western Australia ordered by a judge never to be released from prison.
11 votes -
Rikers Island dilemma: Stop taking addiction meds, or stay behind bars
4 votes -
How Norway turns criminals into good neighbours
12 votes -
We thought our prison strike was a success. Then came the officers in riot gear.
14 votes -
Secrets and lies at Guantanamo Bay: Listening devices, FBI informants, and gag orders… these are just some of the ways that the US is mishandling classified information in the Al Qaeda trials
5 votes -
Prisons are banning books that teach prisoners how to code
8 votes -
China killing prisoners to harvest organs for transplant, tribunal finds
19 votes -
Mentally Ill and Languishing in Jail
6 votes -
Indefinite solitary confinement in New York is finally put to the test
12 votes -
Henry Montgomery Paved the Way for Other Juvenile Lifers to Go Free. Now 72, He May Never Get the Same Chance.
10 votes -
Who begs to go to prison? California jail inmates
4 votes -
I told prison guards I have celiac disease. They fed me gluten anyway
21 votes -
Solitary voices: Thousands of immigrants suffer in solitary sonfinement in ICE detention
8 votes -
Asylum seekers are being “disappeared” in private Louisiana jails
11 votes -
People in Alabama prisons are shackled to buckets for days on end
11 votes -
Rise in white prisoners shows prison racism goes beyond disparities
8 votes -
California tried to fix its prisons. Now county jails are more deadly.
8 votes -
For incarcerated Hepatitis C patients, adequate treatment is hard to come by
7 votes -
Is prison necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore might change your mind.
20 votes