In a Historic Move, Largest-Ever Number of Drug Offenders Set Free From Prison Today
By Matt Agorist Oklahoma City, OK — In what is being called the largest-ever single day of commutations in the history of the United States,…
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Struggling Dad Sent to Prison For Being Unable to Pay $1,941 Bill to the Gov’t
By Matt Agorist Philadelphia, PA — In the land of the free, those who can afford to pay the state exorbitant amounts of money for…
School to Prison Pipeline Exposed as 30,000 Kids Under Age 10 Arrested Since 2013
By Jack Burns Arrests of children have skyrocketed over the last decade according to the latest statistics published by the FBI. Gone are the days…
California to “Solve” Homeless Problem by Throwing Homeless People in Prison
By Matt Agorist Bakersfield, CA — There is no doubt that California is experiencing a homeless crisis. In certain parts of the state, the homeless…
Family Shocked to Learn 6yo Girl Arrested, Cuffed, Booked into Jail for “Tantrum” at School
By Matt Agorist Orlando, FL — In the land of the free, throwing a temper tantrum is now a crime, even for 6-year-old little girls….
Locked Up: How the Modern Prison-Industrial Complex Puts So Many Americans in Jail
By Sam Jacobs Where you find the laws most numerous, there you will find also the greatest injustice. Arcesilaus, Greek philosopher and student of Plato…
Who Deserves To Be in Prison?
By Ross Ulbricht I was put in handcuffs for the first time when I was 29 years old. I was labeled a prisoner that day…
What Good Cops Look Like: Sheriff and All Deputies Quit to Protest “Unconstitutional” Jail Conditions
By Matt Agorist Nowata County, OK — A sheriff in Oklahoma, along with nearly all of her staff have recently resigned from their posts to…
Artificial Intelligence Is Already Sending People To Jail — And Getting It Wrong
By Elias Marat As machine-learning algorithms, big data methods and artificial intelligence are increasingly used in the toolkit of U.S. law enforcement agencies, many are…
Child Handcuffed, Arrested and Thrown in Jail for Missing Too Many Days of School
By Jack Burns Muskogee County residents, whose school-aged children accrue four absences over a four-week period of time, get a ticket from police and have…
Parents Given Nearly $5 Million After Officers Ignored Teen Daughter as She Died in Jail
By Matt Agorist Lebanon, PA — Victoria ‘Tori’ Herr, 18, died in Lebanon County Correctional Facility after police refused to provide her with medical care…
Criminalizing Childhood: School Safety Measures Aren’t Making the Schools Any Safer
By John W. Whitehead “Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that…
UK’s Private Prison System Has A Disturbing Track Record
By Georgina Milner 14 private prisons currently exist in the UK and the government seems set to follow the USA’s example and expand the system….
Lawmaker Proposes Implanting Microchips in People to Track Non-Violent Offenders Like “Pets”
By John Vibes Toledo, Ohio – This Tuesday, Toledo City Councilman Rob Ludeman suggested that criminals be implanted with microchips so they can be tracked…