Prison

U.S. Shouldn't Jail Youth For Life

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

How the Supreme Court rules in two cases concerning juvenile incarceration could determine whether sentencing juveniles to life without parole is cruel and unusual punishment.

God Tells Me Things

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.02.2009 | Comedy


Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

I guess if I had to sum up all that God has taught me in three points, it would be 1. Keep it real, and 2. People are jerks, so always fake them out.

Children of Prisoners: Innocent and At Risk

Pat Nolan | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


Pat Nolan

Maintaining the child-parent relationship during a parent's incarceration improves a child's emotional development and their behavior, and will help keep him or her from following their parent to prison.

Female Journalist Sentenced To 60 Lashes For Sex Show On Saudi Arabia TV

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 10.24.2009 | World


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi court on Saturday sentenced a female journalist to 60 lashes after she had been charged with involvement in a TV ...

Are There Good Men in Sing Sing?

Tom Matlack | Posted 10.24.2009 | New York


Tom Matlack

I am here at Sing Sing to to bring The Good Men Project, the anthology I've edited, inside the prison -- physically and in spirit.

Governor Rick Perry and His Texas Death Machine Are In Big Trouble

David A. Love | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics


David A. Love

Cameron Todd Willingham is now a free man, but unfortunately it took death to release him from the confines of his prison bars.

Torn Apart by Deportation, Families Struggle to Stay Together

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics


Seth Freed Wessler

Families are being torn apart by deportation at the treacherous intersection of immigration enforcement and the criminal justice system.

The Power of Books in Prison

Kenneth Hartman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books


Kenneth Hartman

The first time I read Solzhenitsyn's The Cancer Ward I was in the hole for inciting a riot. At the time, I'd served only the first ten years of my life without the possibility of parole sentence.

Escaping Your Inner Mental Prison

Alex Pattakos | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living


Alex Pattakos

Although we are not always aware of it, meaning is present in every moment, even in what may be viewed as the darkest hours of our lives.

At Norway Prison, Inmates Lead The Good Life

GlobalPost | Posted 10.19.2009 | World


OSLO, Norway -- The first time I went to prison, it was to an idyllic place with lush woodland, bright-colored houses and the waters of the Oslo fjord...

Prison Programs Take Innovative Approach To Reducing Recidivism

Halle Tecco | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Halle Tecco

Here's a question to the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world: how do we turn tax-consuming inmates into tax paying, law-abiding citizens?

Prisons Raise And Serve Grass-Fed Beef

Hartke Is Online! | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green


Inmates at White Post are enlisted in animal husbandry at Sky Meadow to raise cattle for beef production. The program is a collaboration of several en...

David Paterson Does the Right Thing and Drops the Rock

Anthony Papa | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


Anthony Papa

Having felt the sting of the Rockefeller laws firsthand -- serving 12 years under a 15-years-to-life sentence -- I understand the full meaning of the reforms that went into effect today.

Poo Poo on Putting Polanski in Prison

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment


Danielle Cavallucci

Wouldn't it serve the interests of justice and the American people more to devote the monies intended to be wasted on this sensational situation to solving real and pervasive problems?

Make Them Work for a Living

David Jones | Posted 10.01.2009 | New York


David Jones

It's time to be really tough on criminals. Let's make it so they have to get a job when they get out of jail -- so they can suffer like the rest of us.

Hunger Strikes Expose Hugo Chávez's Myths

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 09.30.2009 | World


Robert Amsterdam

The decision of Venezuelan authorities to send a 22-year-old university student to prison for trumped-up crimes has caused widespread public outrage, especially among students.

The Hanged Census Worker: Why Appalachia Hates Feds

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Gail McGowan Mellor

The U.S. government began its life back in 1791 by shafting the Appalachian area. People have not forgotten it, perhaps because it has yet to stop happening.

Ford's Lucky Day Revisited

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

Thirty-four years later, the Secret Service is still trying to understand the mind of that 45 year old woman, mother and doctor's wife who aimed and shot at Gerald Ford.

Camp Bucca: Military Closes Largest Detention Camp In Iraq

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 09.16.2009 | World


CAMP BUCCA, Iraq — The U.S. military on Wednesday closed Camp Bucca, an isolated desert prison that was once its largest lockup in Iraq, as it m...

The Case for Detention Reform

Rep. Jared Polis | Posted 09.15.2009 | Denver


Rep. Jared Polis

Prisons should be for criminals, not honest, productive people caught up in the byzantine morass of our broken immigration system.

Shoe Thrower's Release: Iraqi Journalist Muntadhar Al-Zeidi To Be Freed Monday

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 09.14.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — The family of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush is preparing a festive welcome for the TV re...

Sexual Misconduct By Prison Staff Members Doubled In Recent Years: Report

Washington Post | Carrie Johnson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home


Reports of sexual misconduct by prison staff members with federal inmates doubled over the past eight years, and government watchdogs called Thursday ...

Long Island's Empty Jail

Nick Carr | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


Nick Carr

Whenever a film or TV show needs to film in a prison location, the go-to place to scout is a decommissioned jail at the Nassau County Correctional Facility.

Transsexual To Be Transferred To Women's Prison

AP | Posted 10.20.2009 | World


LONDON — A British court issued a landmark ruling Friday, allowing a transsexual prisoner serving life for manslaughter and attempted rape to be...

The Devil They Know: Biography of an American Inmate

Mark Olmsted | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Mark Olmsted

A system which punishes the poor for reacting unexceptionally to their poverty has created a criminal class which views prison as a sort of career.