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FTX founder learns that mackerel is a jailhouse currency and shares a dorm with other high-profile defendants Mackerel packets, known as ’macks,’ are a favored federal jailhouse currency after officials banned smoking. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; PHOTO: BIL...

By Walter Pavlo - Forbes November 22, 2023 It has been five years since President Donald Trump signed the sweeping criminal justice regulation called the First Step Act (FSA). FSA allowed many federal inmates to earn credits to reduce their sentence or to transition to home ...

James Powel, USA TODAY Thu, November 16, 2023 A Houston man who said he "has been to jail a million times" became a hero when he helped pull a wounded police officer to safety during a highway shootout with a carjacking suspect. John Lally found himself ...

Under the law, a person's felony records will be sealed eight years after conviction or release from prison; three years for a misdemeanor New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Clean Slate Act (S.7551A/A.1029C), which allows certain criminal records to be sealed years after...

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, which was closed in 1989 and sold, which the Serenelli Project is hoping to purchase (left), and a home for ex-inmates reentering society owned by the Serenelli Project (right). | Credit: Serenelli Project By Joe Bukuras - CNA Staff &...

Stroud's father is serving a long sentence in Folsom State Prison Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud reacts after scoring on a 2-point conversion against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, in Houston.  (AP Phot...

By C.J. Ciaramella November 6, 2023    A Senate resolution gaining traction among Republicans could send thousands of federal offenders back to prison three years after they were released on home confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 30, ...

Illustration: Maura Losch/Axios By Shauneen Miranda - Axios Prisons have banned thousands of books, according to a new report, and the figure may be even higher than researchers can determine. Why it matters: Prison book bans far exceed school and libr...

By Alexis Mathews - WLKY October 11, 2023 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Goodwill Industries of Kentucky has launched a new multimillion-dollar pilot program to help Kentucky inmates transition from incarceration to self-sufficiency. The initiative called Aspire, is furthering...