President Donald Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. The notorious former “last-resort prison” on Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco shuttered in 1963 due to infrastructure issues and high operation costs. The former penitentiary was turned into a museum and opened to the public in 1973. “For too long, …
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Lil Durk isn’t letting prison time stop him from giving his fans new music. On Monday, the rapper’s team shared a trailer and the artwork for his upcoming album, Deep Thoughts, scheduled for March 28. The trailer captures his producers in the studio while on the phone with Durk from …
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Criminal legal reform advocates in New York state are pushing for the Reentry Assistance Bill, which would provide increased financial support for citizens returning from jail. Currently, New York offers citizens a one-time $200 stipend upon their release from state prison. The assistance bill, filed as New York Assembly Bill …
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Charles Hall cast his vote for president of the United States in a 7-by-10-foot cell scattered with the detritus of his life — his guitar, materials for crocheting and beadwork, and his school books. He just got his certificate in paralegal studies — on his own dime — scoring top …
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Vice President Kamala Harris’ home state of California is on track to reject a ballot measure that would ban forced labor in state prisons. Proposition 6 was an effort to ban slavery by creating voluntary work programs with a focus on rehabilitation. As of Wednesday evening, Proposition 6 was trailing …
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“Everything you need to know about business or politics can be learned from Godfather I and Godfather II,” inmate 05635-509 told the assembled group of prisoners in Danbury Federal Correctional Institution. The inmate in a khaki prison-issued shirt and pants with an elastic waist to accommodate his girth — Steve …
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Three former Memphis police officers were convicted of witness tampering Thursday over their involvement in the 2023 killing of Tyre Nichols. The cops, however, were acquitted of the charges they faced in Nichols’ death. After a six-hour deliberation, the jury returned with a mixed verdict for the three officers — …
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You do not meet John Whitfield, known to friends and enemies alike by his nickname Divine G, as a person convicted of a crime. You are introduced to him onstage as a performer, bringing a production of A Midsummer’s Night Dream to a close as an audience of fellow incarcerated …
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This story was produced in partnership with The Garrison Project, an independent, nonpartisan organization addressing the crisis of mass incarceration and policing. Jennifer was freezing. She was dressed in a brown T-shirt and scrubs. Chains, wrapped twice around her waist, pinched her belly. Handcuffs dug in tightly on her wrists, …
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Elizabeth Holmes‘ federal prison sentence has been reduced for a second time. The disgraced Theranos founder is currently serving an 11 year and three-month-long sentence at a federal women’s prison camp in Bryan, Texas, that was initially knocked down by two years and has now been shorted by an additional …
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