Is California Replacing Its “Prison-Industrial Complex” With Something Worse?
By Sarah Cronin California made headlines last week when Governor Jerry Brown allocated a record $11.4 billion to the state’s corrections department in his May…
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France To Effectively Decriminalize Cannabis By Ending Prison Terms
By Anna Hunt The French government is about to make some drastic changes to the enforcement of cannabis use laws. A government spokesperson revealed that…
After 25 Years In Prison, Man Is Finally Free After Being Framed By Detroit PD
By Dawn Luger After being locked up in prison for 25 years, the entire time claiming he was framed by the Detroit police department, a…
About 3800 People Are Jailed In New York For The Crime Of Being Poor
By Dawn Luger Every day of 2016, New York City held an average of 7,633 people in jail for pretrial detention. Pretrial detention means that…
State Supreme Court Justice Just Called For The Release Of All Those In Prison For Cannabis
By Justin Gardner Amid the seemingly constant bad news about rising international tensions and the crushing police/surveillance state at home, one bright spot remains. Cannabis…
Federal Prisons Caught Bonusing Themselves Millions Despite Epic Abuse And Corruption
By Justin Gardner If mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, and mandatory minimum sentencing were not enough of an affront to society, it was recently…
Town Busted Running “Debtor’s Prison” Must Pay $680K, Sheriff Told to Resign
By Jack Burns Alexander, AL — The Southern Poverty Law Center has reached a $680,000 settlement in its lawsuit against the Alabama city of Alexander…
Trump Admin Scraps Plan To Abandon For-Profit Prisons — Stocks Hit Record High
By Jack Burns The Trump Administration’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in a one paragraph memo to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Thursday, reversed an Obama…
State Bans Best Selling Motivational Book From Prisons
By John Vibes In prison, reading is one of the few productive things that a person is allowed to do, and oftentimes, inmates seek out…
Prison Food Contractors Exposed For Funding Efforts To Ensure People Are Jailed For Marijuana
By John Vibes Food Services of America, a subsidiary of Services Group of America is funding efforts to keep marijuana illegal. It makes sense, considering…
Media Silent As Guards, Inmates Unite In “Largest US Prison Strike Of Its Kind”
By Alice Salles On September 9, inmates at Holman Prison in Alabama launched a major 12-state prison strike to protest the U.S. prison system’s labor practices…
Australia Considers Precrime Indefinite Detention
By Kurt Nimmo Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has introduced legislation that would keep prisoners convicted of terrorism offenses locked up indefinitely. Terrified of #terrorism…
Damian Marley Is Converting A California Prison Into A Marijuana Farm
By Amanda Froelich You might know Damian Marley for his soulful reggae music and for the fact that he’s Bob Marley’s son, but recently, the…
Entrepreneur Takes Activism to New Level, Spends $15K Bailing People Out of Jail for Drug Offenses
By John Vibes This week, local businessman Willie Wilson is going to the Cook County Jail with $15,000 to bail out inmates with misdemeanor charges….