The U.S. Justice Department is taking concerted steps toward ending the federal government’s contracts with private prison operators. FSRN’s Nell Abram reports. Download Audio As federal contracts with private prison companies come up for...
Six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray U.S. Supreme Court finally takes up same-sex marriage Court strikes down law to gag prisoner speech as Mumia Abu Jamal’s health deteriorates Search...
A U.S. District court has struck down a Pennsylvania law that prevented persons convicted of violent crimes from public speech. The state law – which was struck down on constitutional grounds – was widely...
Former Black Panther and imprisoned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal remains hospitalized Tuesday evening, though his condition is now stable. Three members of his family have been allowed to see him – but only after standing...
Last September, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill mandating that condoms be available in all of the state’s 34 adult prisons. California is only the second state, after Vermont, to provide condoms to...
New York City officials announced a plan this week that would amount to long sought-after changes in Rikers Island, one of the largest prisons in the United States. Linda Perry Barr has more from...
For many, the holiday season is a time for coming home. This year some Californians will be with their families years, even decades earlier than they planned. They’re prisoners released under Proposition 47, a...
Israel launched ground invasion of Gaza Strip U.S. teen beaten in Jerusalem returns to Tampa FCC receives more than a million public comments on net neutrality Anti-fracking activists rally with opponents of LNG export...
Recidivism rates in Kansas have dropped dramatically since the state’s Department of Corrections introduced a mentoring program which pairs inmates slate for release with community role models. Other states have started to take notice...
Pressure mounts on Iraq’s al-Maliki to step aside as ISIS-led insurgency continues Palestinian hunger strikes continue amid increased Israeli military action after three settler youth go missing Local police test public reaction to aerial...
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