Drug crimes
This Grandpa Spent 31 Years In Prison For Smuggling Weed
Richard DeLisi's wife, child, and both parents died while he was incarcerated.
When a Drug Conviction Lands You on the Sex-Offender Registry
A strange law in Kansas means a history of drug offenses gets people lumped in with a very different kind of criminal.
Inmates accused of running international fentanyl trafficking ring from a Quebec prison
New court documents claim two convicted felons coordinated fentanyl shipments to the U.S. from their prison cells
Jeff Sessions might bring back the war on drugs with harsher sentences for low-level offenders
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made no secret of his desire to revitalize the U.S. war on drugs, and new reports indicate he intends to begin by reinstituting harsher sentences for low-level offenders.
Two Canadians charged with importing fentanyl into Bermuda
But the father of one accused claims his daughter is innocent and was forced to ingest the deadly opioid.
How Rikers Island Regressed (Extra Scene from ‘VICE News Meets Bernie Kerik’)
In this extra scene, Bernie Kerik tells VICE News how the reforms and improvements he made at Rikers Island penitentiary disintegrated after he left office, and what may have contributed to the state the prison is in today.
Bernie Kerik: The VICE News Interview
VICE News Editor-in-Chief Jason Mojica sits down with former New York police commissioner and convicted felon Bernie Kerik to discuss criminal justice reform.
What Federal Prisoners Are Saying About the 6,000 Inmates Getting Released This Fall
"Everyone in here is saying that only a black president would do something like this."
The US Is Going to Let Nearly 6,000 Drug Offenders Out of Federal Prison Early
The largest ever one-time release of federal inmates is part of a new effort to reduce overcrowding and ease punishments for drug crimes.
How One Man from the St. Louis Projects Got Out of Prison and Went Back Again
Larry walked out of Missouri state prison with $8,000 and a job, but like most former inmates, he got dragged back in.