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A Math Professor Suggested a Jailed Jeffrey Epstein Give Him Money to Repair His Image in the Black Community
“Our accepting your $5 million will show the world you are not a pariah and may help you avoid a conviction like Bill Cosby.”
Australian Prisons Have a Hepatitis C Problem, and Drug Criminalisation is to Blame
Prisons have the highest concentration of hepatitis C in Australia, pushing our aim to eliminate the blood-borne virus by 2030 out of reach.
Video Shows Cops Beat a Naked Black Man to Death With Handcuffs as Brass Knuckles
Gershun Freeman, 33, was beaten to death at a Memphis jail. Surveillance video shows officers used handcuffs and kneeled on his neck and back.
Lawmakers Want Prisoners to Trade Their Organs and Bone Marrow for Freedom
Advocates are worried a new bill in Massachusetts could coerce prisoners into giving up body parts to reduce their sentences.
Drug-Testing Company Used in Child Custody Cases Investigated for Fraud
The DOJ investigated Averhealth, emails reviewed by VICE News show, after the company’s ex-lab director testified up to 30 percent of its results in Michigan were wrong.
Far-Right Internet Troll Baked Alaska Who Livestreamed Jan. 6 Is Going to Jail
Baked Alaska, or Anthime Gionet, was seen trespassing into two senators’ offices on Jan. 6, 2021, and filmed himself using one of their phones.
Feds Want Steve Bannon in Jail for 6 Months After He Told DOJ to ‘Suck on It’
Prosecutors just asked a judge to put Steve Bannon in jail for six months for defying a Congressional subpoena for the investigation into Jan. 6.
Private Prisons Are a Very Australian Problem
In the US, about 8 percent of the prison population is housed in privately-run facilities. In Australia, that figure is more than 20 percent.
The Confusing Saga of Vicky White and Casey White (No Relation) Came to a Deadly End
Vicky White and Casey White were on the lam for 10 days after the prison guard broke the accused murderer out of jail.
Cops Allegedly Declared ‘Taser Tuesday’ and Tortured a Man in Jail. Then He Died.
Six jail deputies proceeded to stun, beat, and pepper-spray Antonio May after he was caught masturbating in his cell, according to a federal complaint.
Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Sentenced to Jail
A judge sentenced Enrique Tarrio to 155 days for destroying a Black Lives Matter sign belonging to a historically Black church and possessing a pair of high-capacity rifle-magazines.
Prisons and Jails Still Use the ‘Devil’s Chair.’ It’s Been Used for Torture.
Several reports have recently surfaced of people being mistreated using restraint chairs—even resulting in death, in extreme circumstances.