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  1. sentencing
    Juelz Santana Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Bringing a Gun to an AirportHe was caught with a loaded handgun at Newark Airport.
    By Dee Lockett
  2. russia investigation
    Michael Cohen Might Not Actually Go to PrisonThere are still ways Cohen could wriggle out of his three-year sentence — and even if he can’t, prison might feel like an upstate Jewish boys’ camp.
    By Nick Tabor
  3. further reading
    George Pelecanos’s Favorite Prison BooksAnd a list of prisoners’ favorite reads, based on his time working with inmates.
    By George Pelecanos
  4. meek mill
    Meek Mill Won’t Be Released From Prison Next Week, Attorney SaysAccording to Mill’s attorney, there’s “no truth” to rumors that the rap star will be walking out of prison on Monday.
    By Natalie Hope McDonald
  5. crime
    Texas Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Voting IllegallyCrystal Mason says she didn’t even know she was ineligible to vote.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  6. carcereal state
    These States Still Allow Female Inmates to Be Shackled During ChildbirthNorth Carolina is the latest state to address the controversial practice of restraining pregnant inmates.
    By Lilian Min
  7. Will This New Policy Stop New York’s Inmates From Reading?“Why would you restrict access to this thing that’s universally considered a positive?”
    By Lila Shapiro
  8. close reads
    Why Black Mirror’s Digital Prisons Are So HauntingIt’s one of the most subversive arguments for prison reform that TV has ever seen.
    By Abraham Riesman
  9. crime
    Rikers Guards Are Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Visitors in the Bathrooms“These women are being completely violated.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  10. justice
    FBI Reportedly Opens Probe Into Judge After Controversial Meek Mill SentencingMill’s lawyer has maintained Judge Genece Brinkley acted inappropriately, allegedly offering professional and musical advice to the rapper.
    By Halle Kiefer
  11. crime
    Anthony Weiner Is Heading to Prison TodayThe disgraced former Congressman will begin serving a 21-month term.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  12. crime
    Anthony Weiner Sentenced to 21 Months in PrisonThe former Democratic congressman pled guilty to a charge of transferring obscene material to a minor in May.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  13. prison reform
    Why Female Prisoners in Wyoming Can End Up Serving Longer Terms Than MenAnd the legal battle to change that.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  14. now smell this
    John Legend on Toxic Masculinity and Touring With Chrissy Teigen“We’ve got a crib and a changing table on the bus.”
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  15. politics
    This New Bill Seeks to Reform the Way Women Are Treated in PrisonIt mandates that women prisoners be given pads and tampons and extends visiting hours with their children.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  16. ‘I Told Them I Would Kill Myself if I Had to Go Back’: 4 Women on Life at RikersFormer inmates describe life inside New York’s notorious correctional facility.
    By Kaitlin Menza
  17. legal troubles
    Dance Moms’ Abby Lee Miller Sentenced to One Year In Prison“Dance Moms became a hit and I became the laughingstock of reality TV,” Miller told the judge.
    By Hunter Harris
  18. mental health
    The Prison Psychiatrist Who Knows There Are Some Inmates He Just Can’t Help“But I’m hesitant to write anybody off. I’d rather be swept up in their lie than be cynical and miss something.”
    As told to Diana Briggs
  19. Watch the Trailer for Dwayne Johnson’s New HBO Prison Doc Rock and a Hard PlaceDwayne Johnson visits the inmates in Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Boot Camp
    By Halle Kiefer
  20. Yes, the American Incarceration Rate Is Going DownA decade-long trend.
    By Drake Baer
  21. excerpt
    Read an Excerpt From Lil Wayne’s Prison JournalThe book, written during his eight-month jail sentence at Rikers Island in 2010, is out this week.
    By Lil Wayne
  22. Read an Excerpt From Lil Wayne’s Prison JournalThe book, written during his eight-month jail sentence at Rikers Island in 2010, is out this week.
    By Lil Wayne
  23. as told to
    OITNB: A Trans Ex-Con on Solitary Confinement“How can you be in a prison in prison?”
    By Dee Lockett
  24. teresa giudice
    Teresa Giudice’s Memoir Details Life in PrisonLike an episode of Orange Is the New Black too on-the-nose to air.
    By Jackson McHenry
  25. crimes and misdemeanors
    Russian Official Steals Miles and Miles of Road, Sells the Parts for MoneyTaking “highway robbery” a bit literally, dude.
    By Samuel Lieberman
  26. mass incarceration
    DOJ: Thousands of Prisoners Already OutThey’ve been moved to halfway houses and home confinement over the last several months.
    By Jesse Singal
  27. see ya
    Former Congressman Michael Grimm Is Now in Federal PrisonThe ex–Staten Island politician surrendered to authorities at noon to start his eight-month sentence for tax fraud.
    By Jen Kirby
  28. the justice system
    The Movement Against Solitary ConfinementSlowly but surely, the focus of criminal-justice reform is turning away from capital punishment.  
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  29. the law
    Inmate Sex Abuse Deemed Cruel and UnusualA federal appeals court has decided it may violate their 8th Amendment rights.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  30. Firing Squads Now Legal in UtahOther state legislatures are now eager to debate the issue, too.
    By Jaime Fuller
  31. crime and punishment
    8 Appalling Stories of Inmate Abuse From Rikers Island’s Teen JailsA new report from the Manhattan U.S. attorney details the violence of corrections officers.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  32. crimes and misdemeanors
    Why 46,000 People in Prison for Drugs May Get Out EarlyThe U.S. Sentencing Commission has reduced its recommended sentences retroactively.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  33. crimes and misdemeanors
    3 Rikers Guards Charged With Brutally Beating InmateThen trying to cover it up.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. crimes and misdemeanors
    At Least Two Guards Arrested in Massive Rikers Island Raid More charges are expected.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  35. awful things
    Report: Mentally Ill Rikers Island Inmate Died After 7 Days Alone in CellAnother horrifying story from the AP.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  36. A Letter from the Biggest, Meanest-Looking Guy in the Prison Yard, by Erik […]GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS – EAST DIVISION D-39 INMATE No. 57073 Welcome, new inmates! On your first day in this state correctional […]
    By Brian Boone
  37. round table
    Ex-Prisoners on Watching Orange Is the New Black“Prison is the largest stage ever. And the Oscar goes to … “
    By Kat Stoeffel
  38. party chat
    Taryn Manning on the Upside of Prison Jumpsuits: Cookies“We’re always at craft service like, ‘Well! You can eat that cookie.’”
    By Jenni Avins
  39. lawsuits
    Dolce & Gabbana Claim ‘Pillory,’ Shutting Down Milan ShopsThe city will suffer for three days.
    By Julie Ma
  40. taxes shmaxes
    Dolce & Gabbana Sentenced to Prison [Updated]They were found guilty of tax evasion.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  41. crimes and misdemeanors
    Another Pregnant New York Prison Guard Charged With Raping InmateRonell Wilson was not a one-off.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  42. crimes and misdemeanors
    Prison-Sex Inmate Really Wanted to Be a Father [Updated]Ronell Wilson had a plan.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  43. crimes and misdemeanors
    Prison Guard Pregnant With Cop Killer’s ChildThat’s illegal.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  44. Vegetables
    Fumo’s Fiancee Files Petition to Put Broccoli Rabe Behind Bars [UPDATED]Just don’t drop a rutabaga in the shower.
    By Collin Keefe
  45. gangnam style
    Thai Prisoners Do ‘Gangnam Style’And, finally, the meme comes to an end. Right? RIGHT?
    By Eliot Glazer
  46. jerry sandusky
    Jerry Sandusky Settles Into a Lonely Prison LifeHe’ll be permitted almost no personal contact.
    By Adam Martin
  47. pussy riot
    Pussy Riot Gives Us Permission to Find Them HotIt serves a “subversive function.”
    By Kat Stoeffel
  48. crimes and misdemeanors
    Reminder: Don’t Talk About Stabbing People on Tapped Jail Phones“Don’t tell my lawyer I stabbed this person.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. music
    The Ultimate ‘Do Not Play in Prison’ Playlist, and Some Safer SuggestionsInmates are getting music, but probably shouldn’t be allowed these songs.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  50. Mediavore
    The Roots Pitch In to Fight Childhood Obesity; Livestock Trade Is BoomingPlus: Gordon Ramsay gaff puts a British prison on lock down; and the FDA looks into the safety of inhalable caffeine, all in our morning news roundup.
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