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The VICE Morning Bulletin
This morning, the US admits it mistakenly bombed an Afghan hospital, Moldova stops nuclear smugglers selling material to extremists, an Australian state gets medical weed, and more.
Why California Parolees Are Sending Themselves Back to Jail
Drug smuggling is surging at many California county jails thanks in part to gang members getting pinched on purpose for minor offenses so they can take part in the lucrative contraband trade.
California Has Finally Recognized That Crack and Cocaine Are the Same Thing
California's "Fair Sentencing Act" undoes one of its most racist drug laws — but reform advocates say it's only the first of many steps to reduce its massive prison overcrowding problem.
I Went Undercover in America's Toughest Prison
I didn’t believe that a concentration camp could exist in America until, in Phoenix, Arizona, I saw one with my own eyes. Maricopa County is a fuzzy-lawed place where sentenced and un-sentenced inmates alike do hard time together.
46,000 Imprisoned Drug Offenders May Be Going Home Early
Nearly 25 percent of the federal prison population may be granted reduced sentences in a move meant to address high costs and overcrowding.
Could Mind-Jail and Psychoactive Drugs Fix Overcrowded Prisons?
Redefining cruel and unusual in the age of the mind.
Corporations Are Cashing in on California's Prison Overcrowding Crisis
California is being forced by the courts to move inmates out of its overcrowded prison system, which is just another opportunity for the people who make money from incarceration to cash in.
Just Close Down California's Prisons Already
California has to reduce its prison population by 8,000 because some judges said so, but apparently it's really hard to let people out of overcrowded cages.