Arrested at 17, Carlos Montero has been in Riker’s Island for 7 years without being convicted http://t.co/aMP8eaWNs0 via @dailykos — JoeInWV (@wvjoe911) June 16, 2015…
For the three years Kalief Browder sat in New York’s Rikers Island, he probably wondered what the difference would have been if his family could…
#BREAKING: After 4decades of #solitary confinement, tonight a judge granted #AlbertWoodfox unconditional release! pic.twitter.com/jTpr1fZi6q — AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) June 8, 2015 A federal district court on…
Prison Break. The real-life version.
Unsanitary and dangerous conditions at the Baltimore City Detention center prompted civil rights lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union to file a motion Tuesday…
Cheese has got to be the best creation since sliced bread. And don’t even get me started on what happens when you put those two…
Typically Spirit comes on “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” to discuss relationships, but today she talked about the situation in Baltimore. We’ve heard what several…
One prisoner has gone to one of the world’s biggest publications to share his views that more correctional facilities should give inmates a chance to…
The rekindled relationship between the United States and Cuba has taken yet another step forward. On Tuesday, the White House announced that President Obama plans…
Two Florida corrections officers and one former officer trainee have been arrested in a plot to kill a Black inmate who was being released from…
Last year, Ronald “Ra Diggs” Herron, a 33-year-old accused New York City gang member, was sentenced to 12 life terms, plus 105 years in prison…
When Frederick Hutson landed in prison at the age of 24 on a drug trafficking charge in Florida, he was surprised to learn that it…
