Prisons Archives

A Syrian woman carries a child in a squalid camp for internally displaced people in al-Bab, northern Syria, Tuesday, May 29, 2018.

Op-Eds

ISIS women: Victims, criminals, or both?

November 2, 2018 4:00 am

FILE - This undated file FBI photo found in Boston during an evidence search and released Dec. 30, 1998, shows James "Whitey" Bulger. Officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons said Bulger died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018.

Crime

The hit man who got Whitey? Bostonian mobster who ‘hated rats’ suspected of killing Bulger

Anna Giaritelli -

October 31, 2018 5:44 pm

Crime

‘Whitey’ Bulger’s suspected killers tried to gouge his eyes out, cut his tongue off: Report

Anna Giaritelli -

October 31, 2018 3:20 pm

It is unclear if the high court will take up the Boston gangster's case. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Beltway Confidential

Beaten to death in prison, 'Whitey' Bulger reminds us again what's wrong with American criminal justice

Erin Dunne -

October 31, 2018 12:29 pm

United States Penitentiary Hazelton is a high-security federal prison located in West Virginia, nicknamed "Misery Mountain" by those incarcerated there.

Crime

‘Misery Mountain’: The jail where ‘Whitey’ Bulger was slain has history of murder and violence

Katelyn Caralle -

October 30, 2018 10:12 pm

A watch tower overlooks the H-Block 4 exercise yard of the former Maze Prison in Northern Ireland, U.K., Monday, Aug. 13, 2007.

Beltway Confidential

Our cruel and inhumane prison system is so close to reform

Mark Vargas -

October 22, 2018 3:58 pm

President Donald Trump speaks from the Truman Balcony at the Fourth of July picnic for military families on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, July 4, 2017, in Washington.

Crime

Trump sees that being tough on crime requires being smart on crime

Washington Examiner -

October 15, 2018 4:00 am

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., left, appear at a hearing on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Democratic presidential hopefuls could kill prison reform

Tiana Lowe Doescher -

October 11, 2018 8:45 pm

Upon Weiner's release, he is supposed to be monitored on the Internet and enroll in a sex-offender treatment program. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

News

Anthony Weiner set for early release from prison

Caitlin Yilek -

October 9, 2018 2:19 pm

U.S. Marshals are searching for Andrew Kristovich, 38, who escaped prison in Oregon.

Beltway Confidential

FBI report: Keep calm and carry on with criminal justice reform

Arthur Rizer, Emily Mooney -

October 1, 2018 10:45 pm

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Tag: Prisons

ISIS women: Victims, criminals, or both?

The hit man who got Whitey? Bostonian mobster who ‘hated rats’ suspected of killing Bulger

‘Whitey’ Bulger’s suspected killers tried to gouge his eyes out, cut his tongue off: Report

Beaten to death in prison, 'Whitey' Bulger reminds us again what's wrong with American criminal justice

‘Misery Mountain’: The jail where ‘Whitey’ Bulger was slain has history of murder and violence

Our cruel and inhumane prison system is so close to reform

Trump sees that being tough on crime requires being smart on crime

Democratic presidential hopefuls could kill prison reform

Anthony Weiner set for early release from prison

FBI report: Keep calm and carry on with criminal justice reform

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