prisons
Canada Is Torturing Inmates With Solitary Confinement, Report Finds
The research, using the government’s own data, alleges Canada is not respecting various court rulings, its own laws, international standards, or a United Nations convention on torture.
North Carolina Claims Prisoners Who Died of COVID Didn't Die of COVID
A VICE News investigation in partnership with North Carolina Health News found this undercount is likely not unique to North Carolina, and could be happening in dozens of states across the country.
COVID-19 Devastated Prisons. Now Some Inside Don’t Want the Vaccine.
Staff and prisoners are refusing the COVID-19 vaccine at alarming rates, meaning U.S. prisons could continue to spread the disease.
Canada’s Prisons Face Hundreds of New COVID-19 Cases Through ‘Fault and Negligence’
Despite what Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says, federal prisons are ignoring their own COVID-19 guidelines, according to prisoners and advocates.
Prison Counselor Created a Burner Twitter Account to Mock Death Row Inmates, Lawsuit Says
Attorney Ashley Kincaid Eve has filed a defamation suit.
The Second Wave of COVID-19 Has Hit Canada’s Prisons
More than 200 active cases of COVID-19 were reported in federal prisons last week but the Trudeau government won’t be changing course.
The Trump Administration Is Getting Sued Over COVID Exploding in Prisons
The American Civil Liberties Union is trying to get records to figure out what went wrong.
'Baby Shark' Used as 'Inhuman' Punishment in County Jail, Investigation Finds
Oklahoma County jail detention officers chained incarcerated people to walls and forced them to listen to 'Baby Shark' on a loop at loud volumes for up to two hours.
'Man Down!': Inside the Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak at San Quentin
How a massive outbreak at California's San Quentin State Prison spread to death row, killing a dozen condemned prisoners.
COVID May Be Killing Hundreds of Prisoners in Mexico
Reports from inmates' families, and several official data points, indicate the surge in deaths in the shrouded prison system could be from the coronavirus.
'Con Air' Is Spreading COVID-19 All Over the U.S. Prison System
Whistleblowers say dozens of prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19 after being moved between jails and federal prisons due to a lack of safeguards in the Justice Department.
India Forced Dissidents Into Jail Despite the Pandemic. Now They’re Getting Infected.
Jails in politically sensitive states such as Assam and Kashmir are reporting huge spikes. Many testing positive are critics of the Indian government and its controversial policies.