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I Was Jailed for Attempting Suicide
I survived that night, but I'll never forget being taken away by police during my mental health crisis.
A Black Trans Woman In a Men's Prison Is Suing (Again) Over Horrific Abuse
Ashley Diamond previously sued the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2015.
Prisoners Are Going Viral on TikTok
The videos—showing off commissary purchases, giving tutorials for heating food, and even dancing with cellmates—help to combat the stereotypes of incarceration.
Federal Prisons Keep Turning Into COVID Nightmares: 'Everyone Looks Like Death'
With at least 229 prisoners and 12 staffers currently infected, Fort Dix has the most severe outbreak in the federal Bureau of Prisons.
'Fyre Festival' Scammer Sent to Solitary Confinement for Making a Podcast
Billy McFarland's attempt to record a podcast in prison is not going well.
Photos of Nauru's (Now) Mostly Empty Immigration Detention Centre
The Australian Government once had over 1,200 refugees locked up here. Now the camps are mostly disused.
Danish Submarine Killer Escaped from Prison By Taking a Psychologist Hostage
Peter Madsen, who killed journalist Kim Wall in 2017, is believed to have claimed to have a bomb.
Sending Letters to Incarcerated People Is Too Hard. This App Makes It Easy
The latest addition to robo-lawyer app DoNotPay is a service for sending physical mail to people in prisons.
'Shawshank Redemption’-Style Escape in Indonesia Sees Inmate Flee Through Sewer
Prison officials said this was Chinese drug trafficker Cai Changpan’s second successful escape.
California Relies on Incarcerated Women to Fight Wildfires. Then it Abandons Them.
The state's desperate pleas for firefighters overlooks the fact that institutional barriers are preventing thousands of formerly incarcerated women and people of color with firefighting experience from working as full-time professional firefighters.
A Sicilian Mafia Boss Bit a Prison Guard's Finger Off
A prosecutor "concluded that the finger had been eaten", according to Italian media.