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By Christie Thompson - WIRED - 9-19-17 Calling home from prison is cumbersome and expensive. For deaf people behind bars, it’s even tougher, sometimes impossible. The technology provided to deaf people in most US prisons is a teletypewriter, a machine developed i...

Four landline telephones are available to inmates in a public area of the Philadelphia prison system. Opinion By Mignon Clyburn (@MClyburnFCC) is a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission & Terrell McSweeny (@TMcSweenyFTC) is a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commis...

By Issie Lapowsky - WIRED 8-17-17 THE MORE INCARCERATED people get to visit with their loved ones while they’re serving time, the less likely they are to reoffend later on. Research has repeatedly shown it. Just where video visitation rights fall into that, though, has beco...

By Alison Knezevich - The Baltimore Sun Judges in Baltimore County are testing a new scoring system to help determine whether to release defendants awaiting trial — and if so, how closely to monitor them. The change is part of a pilot program that launched in early December....

Walking out of a jail cell doesn't make a prisoner free. Finding purpose, community support does. By Terrance Coffie, Opinion - USA Today December 11, 2017 The day began like so many others.  I was standing in my apartment, drinking coffee and watching...

Molested gold medalists Dr. Larry Nassar was sentenced to the maximum 60 year sentence on Thursday in his federal child pornography case. Dozens of women have also accused him of sexual assault. (AP) Larry Nassar, the Michigan doctor...

Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is helping those in need. December 1, 2017 By Chris Cwik Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is still impacting lives away from the football field. Part of Kaepernick’s $1 million donation l...

November 24, 2017 A justice from South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal took just minutes to more than double Oscar Pistorius' prison sentence to 13 years and five months for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Justice Willie Seriti said the Supreme Court u...

Pimp will serve longest sentence for child sex trafficking case in U.S. history Brock Franklin of Colorado was found guilty of running a sex trafficking and child prostitution ring. He was sentenced to 472 years in prison. Arapahoe County NOVEMBER 25, 2017  ...