fitness The treadmill was commonly used to punish prisoners with hard labor David Pescovitz

laws California inmates can have marijuana in prison so long as they don't smoke or eat it David Pescovitz

prisons Pennsylvania to end prison book donations, forcing inmates onto pricey eBook platform Rob Beschizza

jails How to make prison pizza David Pescovitz

flag Many American flags atop government buildings are made by prisoners Andrea James

peanut butter Alabama inmates use peanut butter trick to escape prison David Pescovitz

active countermeasures UK prison deploys active anti-drone countermeasures to fight contraband smuggling Cory Doctorow

writing utensils Prison pen is bendy, "non-lethal" David Pescovitz

prison-industrial complex DoJ says it will end private federal prisons Cory Doctorow

hipaa Chelsea Manning cut off from contact with lawyers after medical emergency Xeni Jardin

abuse Texas judge orders prison to provide inmates with safe drinking water Rob Beschizza

commutation President Obama issues 61 sentence commutations, only 10,000 more to go Xeni Jardin

executive power Barack Obama ends solitary confinement for juveniles in federal custody Cory Doctorow

prisons What does the prisoner phone-recording leak mean for prisoners and their families? Cory Doctorow

securedrop Hack of 70M prisoner phone calls is biggest attorney-client privilege breach in US history Xeni Jardin

prisons Five private prison myths that Muckrock will bust with its crowdfunded Freedom of Information Act blitz Cory Doctorow

mass incarceration Give me blood, cash, or jail time, Alabama judge orders defendants Xeni Jardin

mentally ill Mentally ill man jailed over $5 worth of snacks dies in cell after waiting months for mental health care Xeni Jardin

law enforcement Chelsea Manning threatened with 'indefinite solitary confinement' for expired toothpaste and asking for a lawyer Trevor Timm