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'You can’t just treat people like animals': U.S. prison strike prompts solidarity rallies

By Dalvin Brown - USA Today A nationwide prison strike is in its third day, and while there’s no official count of the number of inmates who have acted thus far, solidarity rallies have popped up across the USin an attempt to pressure the nation’s criminal justice system....

Suspect Cristhian Bahena Rivera faces first-degree murder charges of Mollie Tibbetts

An arrest has been made in the death of Mollie Tibbets, a 20-year-old who went missing more than a month ago in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, was arrested and charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in connection with the death the University of...

Inmates who volunteer to fight California's largest fires denied access to jobs on release

Despite fighting California's largest fires, inmates are denied licenses they need to become firefighters after they get out. Nick Sibilla, Opinion contributor - Aug. 20, 2018 As California struggles to contain the largest fire in state history, more than 2,000 inmates...

CAPTIVE AUDIENCE: How Companies Make Millions Charging Inmates to Send Email

For companies like JPay, the business model is simple: Whatever it costs to send a message, prisoners and their families will find a way to pay it. By Victoria Law - Wired Last July, as she has for the past 10 years, Dianne Jones spent 45 minutes on a city bus heading to the...