Prison inmates in Finland are being employed as data labellers to improve accuracy of AI models ~tech Article 1679 words 22 votes
US FCC closes “final loopholes” that keep prison phone prices exorbitantly high ~tech Article 488 words 44 votes
US Supreme Court denies California’s plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin prison ~health Article 672 words 18 votes
Jails banned visits in “quid pro quo” with prison phone companies, lawsuits say ~tech Article 509 words 32 votes
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands ~food Article 5027 words 65 votes
Ending censorship applies to prison too - US prisons remain the institutions where the most censorship occurs ~books libraries.prison Article 1304 words, published Oct 30 2023 22 votes
At least fourteen dead in armed attack on prison in Mexican border city Juarez ~news mexico.juarez crime Article 218 words 5 votes
The predatory US prison phone call industry is finally about to be fixed ~tech Article 354 words 15 votes
Carrying out executions took a secret toll on workers — then changed their politics ~humanities Article 2825 words 10 votes
California lawmakers reject ballot proposal that aimed to end forced prison labor ~society politics Article 1362 words, published Jun 30 2022 10 votes
Prison guards, but not mother, get counselling after baby dies in cell ~life.women Article 1008 words 19 votes
Master criminal Rédoine Faïd loved the movies, and his greatest crimes were laced with tributes. When he landed in a maximum-security prison, cinema provided inspiration for his escape. ~life Article 7224 words 9 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 ~news denmark.copenhagen crime Article 197 words 11 votes
After ten years in tech isolation, I’m now outsider to things I once had mastered ~tech Link 33 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 ~tech Link 11 votes
Literature locked up: How prison book restriction policies constitute the nation’s largest book ban ~books libraries.prison Article 356 words 6 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 ~news usa Article 553 words 11 votes
Prisons are banning books that teach prisoners how to code ~books libraries.prison Article 903 words 8 votes
I told prison guards I have celiac disease. They fed me gluten anyway ~health Article 1075 words 21 votes
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
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
Basil Banghart, an incredibly interesting American criminal, burglar and prison escape artist ~humanities.history Article 4 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 Federal prisons abruptly cancel policy that made it harder, costlier for inmates to get books ~books libraries.prison Article 1288 words 5 votes