Meet The Prisoners Being Paid $1 An Hour To Battle The Deadly Climate-Fueled Fires Of California
As the death toll from the Camp Fire rises to 77, California is combatting its deadliest fire in state history using prison labor. S...
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Michigan Pushing To Release Inmates From Jail
At least half of Michigan’s approximately 20,000 jail beds are filled with people who haven’t been proven guilty, but ar...
Tennessee Judge Offers Reduced Sentences To Prisoners Who Sterilize Themselves
One Tennessee judge is offering a controversial way for prisoners to get some time shaved off of their sentences. The offer is steri...
How Don Diva Became the Magazine for Prisoners and Those Who Follow Them [NY TIMES ARTICLE]
Words by Alan Feuer of the NY Times In traditional crime reporting, the inside details come from the authorities. Who pulled the tri...
Welcome Home: Two Sides Of The Same Coin
“Just made me a dolphin!” I looked at my friend. I think she recognized the confusion on my face. I am usually up on terms…but I mi...
Statewide Prison Labor Strike Launched In Alabama
It has long been surmised that the prison industrial system is a new form of slavery. Inmates across the nation work jobs that provi...
Philadelphia Inmates Build Chair For Pope
When Pope Francis visits Philadelphia next month for the World Meeting of Families, it will be one of the biggest events the city ha...
Paid Off Prisoners
The 13th Amendment of the Constitution abolished slavery for everyone in the United States, that is if you don’t get locked up...
City of Boston Exploiting Prisoners For Cheap Labor For Snow Removal
The Northeast has been slaughtered with snow this winter. On Sunday, a reported 16.2 inches of snow fell on the Boston area, a recor...