Case before Norway's Supreme Court claims that depriving sex offender of a Snapchat account is unlawful under the European Convention on Human Rights ~tech social media Article 296 words 12 votes
How Iceland takes better care of its foreign criminal offenders than the rest of Europe ~life family Article 1004 words 9 votes
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands ~food Article 5027 words 65 votes
Inside the world's highest tech prison - HMP Fosse Way ~tech security Video 20:42, published Nov 21 2023 12 votes
Years ago, the all-white judges of a Louisiana appellate court decided, in secret, to systematically ignore petitions filed by prisoners, most of them black ~misc Article 8345 words 83 votes
One thousand inmates at a Wisconsin prison have been confined mostly to their cells for months, with little explanation ~life Article 2340 words 41 votes
Baltimore prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed, subject of podcast Serial ~news usa.md.baltimore crime Link 7 votes
This man is allowed to starve himself to death, but not to eat some biscuits ~health Article 8434 words 9 votes
Mexico prison cartel clash spills on to streets of border city leaving eleven dead ~news mexico crime.organized Article 8 votes
Iran has ruled out a potential prison swap involving an Iranian-Swedish academic who has been sentenced to death for spying ~news sweden crime politics iran Article 301 words 4 votes
They went to prison as kids. Now they’re on death row. ~life Article 2083 words, published Feb 1 2022 9 votes
Danish government will rent prison cells in Kosovo – measure limited to prisoners who were already set to be deported from Denmark ~misc politics Article 322 words, published Nov 7 2017 6 votes
Prison guards, but not mother, get counselling after baby dies in cell ~life.women Article 1008 words 19 votes
Prisoners serving life sentences in Denmark are to be banned from entering new romantic relationships ~news denmark politics law Article 317 words 14 votes
The state of Arizona is preparing to kill death row inmates using hydrogen cyanide, the same lethal gas that was deployed at Auschwitz ~news usa.az law Article 1059 words, published May 28 2021 22 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
Inside Donald Trump and Bill Barr's last-minute killing spree: The outgoing administration is using its final days to execute the most federal prisoners since World War II ~misc politics Article 4043 words 12 votes
SAS soldiers made to shoot prisoners to get their first kill, thirty-nine Afghans 'murdered', inquiry finds ~news afghanistan australia crime.war Article 959 words 12 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' ~health Article 503 words 10 votes
District attorney urges new trial for man on Alabama’s death row ~news usa.al Article 546 words 3 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 ~health Article 1640 words 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 ~tech Link 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 ~science mathematics Link 8 votes
In four US state prisons, nearly 3,300 inmates test positive for coronavirus -- 96% without symptoms ~health Article 1388 words 10 votes
Calls mount to free low-risk US inmates to curb coronavirus impact on prisons ~health Article 709 words 6 votes
Rather than punishing prisoners, Finland's open prisons focus on rehabilitation and preparation for a smooth reentry into society ~life Article 1640 words 12 votes
Many Kentucky jails prop up their budgets by selling e-cigarettes to inmates. Some jailers, or their friends and family, are making money while jails overlook the health concerns of vaping products. ~health Article 2760 words 5 votes
Staff at Ottawa County Jail in Oklahoma mocked a sick man and denied care as he begged for help, video shows. Days later, he was dead. ~news usa.ok Article 2533 words 12 votes
In 2017, Iceland had the lowest number of prisoners per inhabitants (thirty-nine per 100,000) among European countries, according to Eurostat ~life Article 372 words 5 votes
Mike Bloomberg exploited prison labor to make 2020 Presidential campaign phone calls ~news usa politics Article 776 words 23 votes
Paul Skalnik is a liar, a con artist and a snitch. The state of Florida is planning to execute a man based largely on his word. ~life Article 14 291 words 13 votes
Inmates suffering heart attacks or brutalized in jail beatings have been released so sheriffs wouldn’t have to pay for their medical care. Some were rearrested once they had recovered. ~life Article 6 votes
Denmark frees thirty-two inmates over flaws in phone geolocation evidence – two-month moratorium on the use of mobile phone records ~news denmark law Article 630 words 9 votes
‘Nobody cared’: A woman gave birth alone in a jail cell after her cries for help were ignored, lawsuit says ~life.women Article 1225 words 14 votes
Lawyer argues that Humanists — who believe in good without a God — get short shrift in Nevada prisons ~humanities religion Article 888 words 5 votes
Many US prisons deny Muslim inmates halal food and proper prayer ~humanities religion Article 13 votes
California's out-of-date jails face inmate deaths and construction delays ~news usa.ca Article 3891 words 7 votes
Rikers Island dilemma: Stop taking addiction meds, or stay behind bars ~health Article 2524 words 4 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 ~misc Article 2139 words 5 votes
Prisons are banning books that teach prisoners how to code ~books libraries.prison Article 903 words 8 votes