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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
Rikers Island from above. Via Flickr creative commons

Rikers Island Officers Arrested for Inmate Brutality

By Dashel Pierson

Editorial: From Prison to College

By The Editors
Jordan Gonzalez couldn't quite achieve his Heisenberg fantasy. Walter White. (Photo: Wikimedia)

Assemblyman Concerned Cuomo Bill Will Create ‘Walter Whites’

By Colin Campbell
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot. (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for CBGB)

De Blasio Proves He’s Comfortable Saying ‘Pussy Riot’

By Jill Colvin
Nice try. (Photo: WALB)

Four Knuckleheads Arrested for Using a Drone to Drop Contraband In a Prison Yard

By Jordan Valinsky
Carolyn with some of the paintings she helped create. (InsideOutArt)

Show Me The Monet: Bronx Woman Becomes Prison Art Dealer

By Hugh Bassett
Tabber Benedict, the Sherman McCoy of our time. (Patrick McMullan)

Gatsbaby Tabber Benedict Throws Pre-Prison Party, Tells Friends He’s Going to Europe

By Drew Grant
(Photo: Facebook)

Former Councilman Sentenced to 5 Years for Corruption

By Colin Campbell
A recreation of what didn't happen to Justin Bieber (Getty)

Justin Bieber Was Not Strangled With a Paisley Tie and Castrated, Thank God

By Drew Grant
Senator Monserrate after he was found guilty of misdemeanor assault. (Photo: Getty)

Hiram Monserrate Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison

By Ross Barkan
(Courtesy: AndreaPeyser.com)

A Treasury of Andrea Peyser’s Very Best Prison Rape Fantasies

By Aaron Gell
Illo: David Saracino

The Wee Hours: A Reporter Goes from Soft Openings to Hard Time

By Nate Freeman
By Flickr user keiro-super-hero

Bronx Man Gets One Year In Prison For Uploading Pirated Film

By Ben Popper

Roundup: Jon Huntsman Hits Park Avenue; Peter King Doesn't Like Newt

By Hunter Walker
Illustration by David Saracino.

Body by Rikers: Getting to Know My Trainer, The Ex- and Future Con

By Daniel D'Addario
Raj Raj Galleon Group

Big Raj and Bernie, Friends Forever: Rajaratnam Receives Record Prison Sentence for Insider Trading, Reportedly Sent to Madoff’s Pen

By Foster Kamer
Morales and Reyes.

On Gun Hill Road Lives a Family on a Hair Trigger

By Rex Reed

What the Klink Taught Kerik: The Jailhouse Interview

By Cullen Thomas

New Thing to Be Terrified Of: iPhones In Prisons

By Adrianne Jeffries

Former National Lampoon CEO Goes to Jail

By Mike Taylor

Following Supreme Court Opinion, Conrad Black May Leave Prison Early

By Zeke Turner
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