Prison System
Watch Killer Mike Speak on Gun Control, Wall Street, and Criminal Justice Reform
"I'm more afraid of Wall Street banks than I am guns."
What It's Like to Have a Parent in Prison
A new report released last week in the UK examines how families are treated by prison staff and how intimidating these visits can be for them.
The Myth of the Lone Wolf
Prison might be more influential than we'd like to admit in creating "lone wolf" terrorists.
How the British Prison System Fails Female Criminals
Subjecting nonviolent women to the penal torment and social stigma of prison does a hell of a lot more harm than good—for both the inmates and their children.
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.
Brazil's Overcrowded and Mismanaged Prisons Are at the Breaking Point
The country's prison population is so vast and the authorities’ ability to contain it so stretched, the lack of security at some penitentiaries is almost surreal.
Saving the Environment with Criminals from Bucharest
Since 2007, Romania's courts have been giving criminals a choice between prison and disassembling electronics in warehouses.
The US Prison System May Be Exposing Transgender Prisoners To Rape
A district court judge ruled that a transgender former inmate who was incarcerated in Orlando had no right to sue the prison for putting her at excessive risk.
Does the US Prison System Expose Transgender Prisoners to Rape?
Last Friday, a district court judge ruled that a former transgender prisoner who was raped had no right to sue Orange County, Florida, for showing deliberate indifference to her safety.
The War On Drugs Has Screwed Black People and Now It's Coming for White People
We spoke to Eugene Jarecki about the slow-motion Holocaust taking place in America's prisons.
Let's Lock All of Britain Up in a Spaceship-Sized Super-Prison
Alternatively, you could just keep a criminal in a cage in your house.