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33 votes
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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 -
In Alabama, if the cops kill someone committing a crime, their accomplice goes to jail for murder (2018)
13 votes -
Maya Moore gave up more to fight for social justice than almost any athlete
5 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 -
Lesotho's prime minster wants to stay in power to avoid being charged for his wife’s murder
4 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 -
How Norway made a more humane prison
6 votes -
Florida can't bar felons from registering to vote over fees and fines, appeals court rules
11 votes -
Rather than punishing prisoners, Finland's open prisons focus on rehabilitation and preparation for a smooth reentry into society
12 votes -
Judge rules that student loan debt is dischargeable in bankruptcy
18 votes -
Florida faces a rocky rollout to restore voting rights after felony convictions
13 votes -
Mike Bloomberg exploited prison labor to make 2020 Presidential campaign phone calls
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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 -
When prosecutors bury NYPD officers' lies
7 votes -
The US sends “the worst of the worst” to the ADX Florence Supermax prison in Colorado. This is what happens when they get out.
9 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 -
As Nevada clears way for ex-felons to vote, most other states still require restitution and fee payments for eligibility
12 votes -
Lawyer argues that Humanists — who believe in good without a God — get short shrift in Nevada prisons
5 votes -
‘I think it’s a cap gun,’ the police officer said. He opened fire on an eighth-grader moments later. The district attorney decided not to file charges.
8 votes -
In an apparent first, genetic genealogy aids a wrongful conviction case
9 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 -
California's out-of-date jails face inmate deaths and construction delays
7 votes -
Rikers Island dilemma: Stop taking addiction meds, or stay behind bars
4 votes -
How Norway turns criminals into good neighbours
12 votes -
Florida's governor limits the voting rights of former felons
7 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 -
In just two states, all prisoners can vote. Here's why few do.
7 votes -
Indefinite solitary confinement in New York is finally put to the test
12 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 -
What's the future of voting rights for former felons in Florida?
11 votes -
All prisoners must be able to vote, no matter what their crime
19 votes -
Is prison necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore might change your mind.
20 votes -
The case against solitary confinement
12 votes -
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton’s strange quest to execute an intellectually disabled man
6 votes -
The case for capping all prison sentences at twenty years
12 votes -
If you're drugged and raped, the police may never know. Here's why.
6 votes -
Confusion clouds restoration of Florida felons’ voting rights
11 votes -
What role should victim impact statements play in Canadian courts?
5 votes -
Payback: Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge and his crew tortured false confessions out of hundreds of black men. Decades later, the survivors fought for reparations.
9 votes -
The isolation of being deaf in prison
9 votes -
Wisconsin indicts an unknown man based on his DNA recovered from a licked stamp
6 votes -
Cops with military experience up to three times more likely to shoot than non-veterans, according to new study of Dallas Police Department
8 votes -
Brett Kavanaugh and the information terrorists trying to reshape America
17 votes -
Will Florida’s ex-felons finally regain the right to vote? A referendum on the November ballot in Florida would re-enfranchise 1.5 million citizens.
21 votes