April 4, 2021 Associated Press Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died in a federal prison early Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Madoff died at the Federal ...
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Kendrick Fulton, who was released to home confinement due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, poses for a photo at his sister’s house in Round Rock, Texas, U.S., April 8, 2021. He is wearing an ankle monitor that he must charge nightly in order to comply with the terms of ...
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Many of the social services and job programs that former prisoners rely on to achieve re-entry into their communities are inaccessible without a comprehensive knowledge of the internet. After spending decades in prison, Renaldo Hudson had to learn how to use a smartphone.Alex Wroblewsk...
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Sean McKinnon told NBC News he doesn’t understand why he’s still being kept in the “hole” two years after the Boston crime boss was killed. By Rich Schapiro March 14, 2021 One of the inmates sent to solitary confinement following the murder of Boston mob boss Jame...
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March 11, 2021 By Clint Smith - Staff writer at The Atlantic During the winter months, the small classroom smelled of wood and heat. Three rows of desks faced the door, and before class began I would rearrange some of them into a circle. Different shades of fores...
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The county jails had been charging up to 33 cents a minute for local calls and $2 for voicemail By Kelly Davis March 2, 2021 The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to make phone calls in county-run jails and juvenile detention faciliti...
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California Signs Six-Year Telecom Contract May 1, 2021 The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Monday that it has reduced the cost of phone calls for inmates after signing a new, six-year telephone service contract. The contract with...
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OPINION - For incarcerated people like me, access to communications comes at a steep price. By John J. Lennon - John J. Lennon is a contributing writer for The Marshall Project and a contributing editor for Esquire. He’s currently incarcerated in Sullivan Correctional Facility. &#...
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Palma School By Judy Cole - Jan 20, 2021 In the prison system, crime and punishment go hand in hand. Rehabilitation—while often cited as a goal of correctional facilities—is usually more elusive. But, maybe if you add a book club to the mi Not long ag...