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This Is What It's Like to Be a Bail Bondsman in Las Vegas
"The largest bail we fronted money for was $500,000. It was for a doctor who had a clinic here in Vegas. He was re-using syringes and infecting people with hepatitis C."
Bobby Shmurda Faces More Jail Time After Smuggling a Knife Into Jail
He appears in the Bronx Supreme Court on Thursday.
How to Protect Yourself from Violence in Prison
Whenever you go to the prison yard, there's always a chance you won't make it back. I would know: I spent ten years inside and learned how to weaponise everything from magazines to cigarette filters.
The Legacy of Violence at the Manhattan Jail Known as the 'Tombs'
Though Rikers Island has gotten the recent media attention, New York City's other jails have also been beset by scandals.
What It's Like to Live with an Ankle Bracelet
The device is, both literally and metaphorically, my greatest source of pain.
German Prisons Are Kinder, Gentler and Safer Than the Ones in America
As a recent touring group of US officials found out, German inmates wear their own clothes, cook their own meals and aren't put in solitary for more than eight hours at a time.
The Stiff Competition to Work in German Prisons
In Germany, where citizens actually compete with one another to work for prisons, some states require applicants to score over 100 on an IQ test to even qualify for the job.
Can German Prisons Teach America How to Handle Its Most Violent Criminals?
The preventative detention unit at Tegel Prison in Berlin offers a radically different way to approach those felons Americans might call the "worst of the worst."
How Solitary Confinement Can Drive Inmates to Suicidal Thoughts
"Some people think that solitary confinement is basically just spending some alone time," one former prisoner says. "It's not. It's like being buried alive."
Why Are Nigerians Flocking to Work in Texas Prisons?
Searching for a better life, a wave of African immigrants have taken jobs as corrections officers in the Lone Star State.
Meet the Irish Catholic Priest Who Ministers to Inmates on Indonesia's Death Row
Father Charlie Burrows is often the last man people speak to before they face a firing squad.
Europe or Die: Our Documentary About the Migrant Crisis
An in-depth look at the situation playing out in the Mediterranean.