Prisons

In this May 19, 2010 photograph, traffic moves past the front of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss. On Friday, June 4, 2010, the American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge to dismiss its lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections over conditions at the maximum security Unit 32 on the Parchman campus, after having reached a proposed agreement with the MDOC to shutter the facility at the state penitentiary.

Crime

‘We have it under control as best we can’: Inmates claim that gangs run Mississippi prison

Zach Halaschak -

January 7, 2020 5:02 pm

Beltway Confidential

A year after the First Step Act, Congress can do more for criminal justice reform

Emily Mooney -

December 26, 2019 4:19 pm

Hillary Clinton and Michael Bloomberg are seen.

News

Bloomberg used prison labor to make 2020 campaign calls

John Gage -

December 24, 2019 5:43 pm

Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine who was arrested on charges of spying in Moscow at the end of 2018.

Foreign Policy

‘Paul’s presents will be under that Christmas tree’: Whelan family hasn’t heard from brother imprisoned in Moscow

Joel Gehrke -

December 24, 2019 5:05 am

News

‘Draconian law’: Outrage over Alabama man sentenced to life in prison for stealing $9

Mike Brest -

December 23, 2019 7:50 pm

Beltway Confidential

Why is Texas throwing high schoolers in jail just for vaping?

Jordan Lancaster -

December 18, 2019 6:00 am

Kentucky Gov. Mark Bevin speaks before the arrival of President Trump during a rally at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Monday, March 20, 2017, in Louisville, Ky.

Crime

GOP governor pardons alligator hunter who beheaded ex-lover and stuffed her into barrel

Mike Brest -

December 13, 2019 7:34 pm

FILE - In this June 27, 2019 file photo, Paul Manafort arrives in a New York court. President Trump's former campaign manager is to be arraigned on state mortgage fraud charges. Ukraine's president appears to be playing to both sides of the U.S. political divide, hedging his bets to ensure U.S. financial and military aid keeps flowing no matter who wins next year's election.

Crime

‘He was tough’: Paul Manafort cellmate impressed with him confronting ‘gangbangers’ in prison

John Gage -

December 12, 2019 9:40 pm

Beltway Confidential

Prisoners can read Shakespeare, too

Kate Hardiman -

December 9, 2019 8:36 pm

Student freed from Iran after 3 years in prisoner exchange

Education

American student freed from Iranian prison after three years

Ellie Bufkin -

December 7, 2019 7:04 pm

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Tag: Prisons

‘We have it under control as best we can’: Inmates claim that gangs run Mississippi prison

A year after the First Step Act, Congress can do more for criminal justice reform

Bloomberg used prison labor to make 2020 campaign calls

‘Paul’s presents will be under that Christmas tree’: Whelan family hasn’t heard from brother imprisoned in Moscow

Why is Texas throwing high schoolers in jail just for vaping?

GOP governor pardons alligator hunter who beheaded ex-lover and stuffed her into barrel

‘He was tough’: Paul Manafort cellmate impressed with him confronting ‘gangbangers’ in prison

Prisoners can read Shakespeare, too

American student freed from Iranian prison after three years

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