Prisoners in the U.S. are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
This April 22, 2009 photo shows a view of the front entrance of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. Judi Bottoni | AP JAN 29 2024 - Associated Press A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation...
Kentucky detention center holding girls in barbaric conditions minus toilets, lawsuit says
By Andrew Wolfson - Louisville Courier Journal Jan 18, 2024 Children have been held in Kentucky state custody at the Adair County Youth Detention Center in conditions so barbaric they would violate the Geneva Convention and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to a...
Relationships - Love Behind Bars
I met Kerry during a long stint in prison. I never expected that she’d become the love of my life. BY THOMAS GANT JAN 21, 2024 As I looked at the woman I was about to marry, I was filled with amazement and gratitude. We weren’t able to have the kind of wedding most couples...
The Prison of an Invisible Fence
I thought an ankle monitor would feel like freedom. Instead, it reminded me of the weight of my new world. BY AARON M. KINZER Dec 13, 2023 This is part of Time, Online, a Future Tense series on how technology is changing prison. While serving 13 years in federal prison, I had...
The Cost of Calling My Mom From Prison
When a Student Couldn’t Pay Tuition Fees, Prison Inmates Rallied to Raise $32k to Help
Manhunt underway for 6 inmates who escaped from a California jail using a homemade rope
A high school student needed help with tuition, so an unlikely group stepped up: Prison inmates
Prison inmate running contraband operation sentenced
'Survivors of solitary confinement'
Tommy Ward, Convicted Murderer and Subject of Netflix’s ‘The Innocent Man,’ Set To Be Freed After Charges Dropped
Judge Certifies Inmate Phone Class Action, Saying Defense 'Poisoned' the Litigation
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