Department of Corrections
Michigan Is Booting Aramark From Its Prisons, but Not Over Rat-and-Maggot-Tainted Food
A disagreement over financing comes after the company's allegedly unsanitary and unsafe working conditions made headlines in the state and around the country.
A Former Rikers Island Inmate Is Trying to Fix New York's Dysfunctional Jails
Stanley Richards just got appointed to the NYC Board of Correction, which oversees all the city's jails, including the one he used to call home.
A Rikers Corrections Officer Was Fired After Missing Work Because Her Husband Shot Her in the Face
Now Janine Howard is suing the New York Department of Corrections. "I feel victimized," she said. "I feel like my safety and security can just be taken from me at anytime."
We Spoke to Charles Manson’s Guitarist About Making Art While Serving Time for Murder
Bobby Beausoleil was an associate of Charles Manson who murdered Gary Hinman, a crime for which he was sentenced to death. But in the years since, he's become a prolific artist.
The Isolated Island Where New York's Unknown and Unclaimed Are Buried
Hundreds of thousands of bodies lie under the ground in Hart Island, but despite the efforts of activists, it remains difficult for families to find out if their relatives are buried there.
How an Aryan Brotherhood Prison-Gang General Became a Snitch
The rules for prison gangs are clear, and "no snitching" is at the top of the list. So why did Lil' Wood turn on his former brothers?
The Feds Are Suing New York City Because Rikers Island Is a Hellhole
US Attorney Preet Bharara says Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking too long to reform the notoriously horrific collection of jails.
States Really Don't Want You To Know How They Execute People. This Lawsuit Wants To Change That.
Missouri executed another man by lethal injection this week amid mounting criticism nationwide regarding secrecy around execution drugs.
Another Mentally Ill Man Meets a Gruesome Death in Rikers Island Jail
Bradley Ballard, a prisoner at New York’s Rikers Island jail, was found in horrific conditions in his solitary cell in September 2013.
I Got 90 Days in the Hole for Buying Souls in Prison
There are many things you can do wrong in prison, mostly of the violent sort, but you can also commit metaphysical crimes and end up in solitary confinement.
Solitary Confinement Is Being Rebranded in US Prisons
The term “solitary confinement,” with its tainted connotation, is off-brand for an institution trying to gloss the image of juveniles.