The Canadian rapper Tory Lanez was hospitalized on Monday after being attacked in the California prison where he is serving a 10-year sentence for shooting […]
Tag: Prisons and Prisoners
Trump Says He Wants Alcatraz Restored as a Prison
President Trump said on Sunday that he wanted federal law enforcement agencies to work on restoring Alcatraz, now a museum, to a functioning maximum-security prison. […]
Forgotten in Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Defendants
Fernando Padron was stuck in a South Texas jail cell. Accused of stealing credit cards that he used to buy diapers, a bike and other […]
Canadian Who Was in an ‘American Pie’ Video Says ICE Held Her for 12 Days
When Jasmine Mooney brought her visa application earlier this month to the San Ysidro, Calif., border crossing, the busiest in the United States, the former […]
Baltimore Prosecutors Drop Effort to Cancel Adnan Syed’s Conviction
Prosecutors in Baltimore will withdraw a motion to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case has been ping-ponging in the court system since […]
Joy, Anger and Little Remorse Outside D.C. Jail After Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons
The crowd cheered and the music blared. On Monday night outside the D.C. jail, some of the family members, fervent supporters and former detainees gathered […]
For Just Dollars a Day, Inmates Fight California’s Fires
More than 900 inmates have battled the deadly flames that have ripped through the Los Angeles area. They are “working to cut fire lines and […]