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California Just Became the First State to Defelonise Drug Use
The Golden State has been an archetype of the US prison boom since the War on Drugs began, but now it's joining the mass incarceration reform wave.
This Is What It Was Like to Be Gay in Communist Romania
Two gay men recount what life was like under dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu.
The Hangover News
This weekend, Sweden began a search for a suspected Russian submarine off its coast.
Why Is White Boy Rick Still Serving Life in Prison?
He was convicted of cocaine possession in 1988, when he was 17 years old.
In the UK, You Can Be Jailed for Giving Your Girlfriend Herpes
One guy just had his appeal rejected, and sexual health charities aren't happy about it.
Students at Chicago's Moses Montefiore Academy Are One Mistake Away from Being Locked Up
VICE News goes inside Moses Montefiore Academy, a school for Chicago's most at-risk youth, and the homes of students who are one mistake away from being locked up.
How A Mentally Ill Homeless Man Baked in His Rikers Jail Cell
A mentally ill former Marine, “basically baked to death” in his 6-by-10 cinderblock cell in Rikers Island. How urban jails became default mental hospitals.
Pussy Riot Goes Back to Jail
We head to Moscow to see what the band is doing with their newfound freedom.