prison reform

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Jay Z and Yo Gotti Are Helping 29 Mississippi Inmates Sue Prison Officials

01.15.20

By Emma Ockerman
News

Riots, Inmate Deaths, and Escapes: What We Know About Mississippi’s Prison Lockdown

01.06.20

By Emma Ockerman
News

A$AP’s Mob Is Coming for Sweden

07.10.19

By Trone Dowd
News

A Trans Woman Died at Rikers: “The City Failed to Protect Layleen”

06.10.19

By Emma Ockerman
News

Kim Kardashian West Is Trying To Free A Man Convicted of Killing Children at a Sleepover

06.03.19

By Trone Dowd
News

Stabbings, gang rapes, and rats: DOJ gives Alabama 49 days to fix “cruel and unusual” prisons

04.03.19

By Tess Owen
Identity

‘Starving The Beast’: The Women Working To Close a Misused Atlanta Jail

02.08.19

By Kimberly Lawson
The Prison System Is a Nightmare, but Not for the Reasons You Think

01.14.19

By Seth Ferranti
News

Federal judges are giving out shorter sentences in 30 cities since a key Supreme Court case

01.10.19

By Tess Owen
What It’s Like Inside an ‘Open’ Prison

01.08.19

By Rodrigo Márquez Tizano
News

Here’s what the prison reform bill actually does — and doesn’t do

12.19.18

By Tess Owen
Health

The HIV-Positive Inmate Who Spent a Year in Solitary for Having Consensual Sex

11.26.18

By Sony Salzman

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Gaming

‘Blades of Fire’ Is a Soulslike With a Lot of Potential, but There’s Still Some Work To Do (Review)

‘Blades of Fire’ has a lot going for it. I just wish it cut down a little. There’s a good game here, but there’s too much in its way.

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Gaming

‘Gaucho and the Grassland’ Takes a Dash of ‘The Legend of Zelda’, a Pinch of Cozy Goodness, and Releases July 16

‘Gaucho and the Grassland’ takes from cozy games and adventure titles like ‘The Legend of Zelda’ and mixes them with Latin flair.

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By Shaun Cichacki
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Gaming

‘Voyagers of Nera’ – If You Ever Wanted a Playable ‘Moana’, Here You Go (Demo Impressions)

‘Voyagers of Nera’s demo has me excited for the game’s future. The survival crafting game will be hitting Early Access later this year.

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By Anthony Franklin II
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Gaming

‘The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remastered’ Released a Month Ago, and Players Are Still Waiting for a Patch

Even a month after launch, ‘The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remastered’ players are still waiting for a patch to fix the game’s memory issues.

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