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PRISONERS are having to buy furniture off other lags after being plonked in almost empty cells. A report reveals inmates at one jail often ended up in “poorly equipped” rooms. Photos show the ...
Prison conditions in Rwanda today remain harsh and harrowing – especially for those incarcerated for daring or perceived by the authorities to challenge the government’s narrative.
The prisoner CNN escorted out of jail after he was freed by Syrian rebels was actually a notorious member of ousted President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, who tricked the outlet and rebels into ...
All You Need is Death filmmaker Paul Duane has lined up his next project in The Empty Cell. It’s a near-future curse horror movie set in a prison. In an exclusive for Deadline, it was revealed ...
Accessing reading material in prisons is hard, but Freedom Reads co-founder Reginald Betts, a former inmate, went beyond ...
President Barack Obama stared into the ninety square feet of cell 123 at an Oklahoma prison and imagined it occupied by three men.
Their work is a reminder of our shared humanity. Humans of San Quentin seeks to break down the walls and stereotypes of prison life and to humanize the lives behind the bars.
This issue is top of mind for residents who have followed the opening and closure of jails in St. Louis, where detainees can go years without seeing the sun.