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Exterior of a Georgia prison

Forty States Still Charge Prisoners Co-Pays for Medical Care

Prisons in many states charge inmates $5 for medical care when prisoners are lucky to earn as much as 50 cents an hour. While some states suspended the practice during the pandemic, many are re-instituting them despite protests that they are inhumane and inefficient.
By Grace Kamin
U.S. President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen.

An Update on All of the Trump Officials in Prison or Awaiting Trial

Paul Manafort is off to Rikers; Michael Cohen has achieved celebrity status at Otisville; and Michael Flynn just fired his legal team.
By Harmon Leon

NYC Could Be Required to Provide Inmates With Free Telephone Calls

The city makes about $5 million a year from charging inmates for telephone calls.
By Madina Toure

New York City Announces Plan to House Inmates According to Gender Identity

By Madina Toure
Public defenders help ensure that the judicial system only puts the guilty behind bars.

NJ Politics Digest: Democratic Bill Hopes To Let Inmates Vote

By Steve Cronin
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) discusses juvenile justice and Fusion's forthcoming documentary "Prison Kids" at the Capitol Visitor's Center on Sept. 30, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Larry French/Getty Images for Fusion)

Cory Booker Wants DOJ to Probe Discrimination in Setting of Prison Sentences

By Madina Toure
Inmates in New York State's prison system will be receiving free JP5 tablets starting in the summer of 2018.

All New York Inmates Will Have Free Tablet Computers by Summer 2018

By Madina Toure
Rikers Island, New York City's main jail complex, is known as one of the worst prisons in the United States.

NYC Takes First Major Step in Shuttering Notorious Rikers Island Prison Complex

By Madina Toure
An aerial view of the Rikers Island prison.

NYC Jail Population Drops Below 9K for First Time Since ’82

By Madina Toure
A general view from the intersection of the only entrance into and exit out of Rikers Island.

Harlem Senator Wants NY Pension to Sever Ties With Private Prisons

By Madina Toure
Behind Bars

NJ Supreme Court Overhauls Life Sentences for Juveniles

By Donald Scarinci
The tormented Florestans (Adrianne Pieczonka and Klaus Florian Vogt) are momentarily reunited.

However Imperfectly, the Met’s ‘Fidelio’ Sings a Hymn to Freedom

By James Jorden
Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, at Rikers Island.

Afternoon Bulletin: De Blasio Nixes Plan to Shutter Rikers Island

By Parker Richards
YORK, NY - OCTOBER 08: New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton speaks at a Swearing-In ceremony form police officers with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (L) at the Police Academy on October 8, 2015 in New York City. A total of seven hundred and fifty officers were sworn-in at the event and will take to the city streets following months more of training. Following concerns about excessive force, the New York Police Department recently launched a new program that will force all officers to document and review every physical encounter with the public. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Bill Bratton’s Prescient Warning on Inmate Release

By The Editors
(Photo: VICE Media)

Watch This Sneak Peek of Obama Meeting Federal Inmates in Historic Prison Visit

By Sage Lazzaro
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 24: Comedian Eddie Griffin attends The 23rd Annual "Salute to Youth" Benefit And Venetian Masquerade at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 24, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

Eddie Griffin on Chronic, Toxic Racism in the Criminal Justice System

By Michael Sainato

100-Year Anniversary of the Hanging of Leo Frank

By Michael Sainato
038500 01: Anne Henderson Pollard and her husband Jonathan Pollard stand at their wedding August 9, 1985 in Italy. The couple were arrested and accused of selling American secrets to Israel and China. (Photo by Liaison)

The Pollard Pawn

By The Editors

Suicide of Black Woman, 18, in Alabama Police Custody Is Another Preventable Tragedy

By Michael Sainato
A view of the entrance to the Rikers Island prison complex (

Kerik: New York City’s Glaring Lack of Leadership and Accountability on Jails

By Bernard B. Kerik
A locked cellblock inside the Los Angeles Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo: Robyn Beck/Getty Images)

Facebook’s Policy for Prisoners Doesn’t Just Affect Inmates

By Hunter Harris
Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

BREAKING: Was Loretta Lynch Complicit in Wrongful Conviction Cover-up?

By Sidney Powell
Mr. Silver. (Getty)

The Sheldon Silver Prison Survival Guide

By Jordyn Taylor

Charlie Shrem’s Poetic and Beautifully Written Sentencing Memo

By Jack Smith IV
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