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Report: Consulting firm lied about decreasing violence at Rikers Island jail

Collyn Burke— December 10

The internet sees ‘volunteer’ inmate firefighters as nothing short of slave labor

Alex Dalbey— November 14

Kim Kardashian is headed to the White House to talk prison reform

Audra Schroeder— May 30

Transgender New York City inmates to be housed based on gender identity

Ana Valens— April 17

Woman finds note from an alleged Chinese prisoner in purse from Walmart

Jessica Machado— May 2

Drones are delivering porn and drugs to prison inmates around the world

Phillip Tracy— April 19

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The Pentagon uses a 1970s IBM computer and floppy disks to control U.S. nuclear weapons

Eric Geller— May 25

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The futures of many prison inmates depend on racially biased algorithms

Selena Larson— May 23

John Oliver explains why the deck is stacked against former prisoners

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw— November 9

A prisoner was dragged 107 feet by guards and died 9 days later—where’s his hashtag?

Matthew Rozsa— September 25

How American taxpayers are spending billions to keep innocent men behind bars

Matthew Rozsa— July 14

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Solitary confinement is torture

Matthew Rozsa— June 24

3 reasons it’s time to clean up America’s broken prison system

Feliks Garcia— May 5

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Hillary Clinton calls for police everywhere to use body cameras

Eric Geller— April 29

Female Russian rebels paraded in a bizarre beauty pageant

Mary Emily O'Hara— March 10

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Jeb Bush in ‘95: We need more for-profit prisons

Patrick Howell O'Neill— February 16

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John Oliver uses puppets to explain how broken the U.S. prison system is

Michelle Jaworski— July 21

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