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October 22, 2015
A rap video that was filmed in prison and made it to WorldStarHipHop.com landed seven South Carolina inmates in trouble,…
October 7, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of federal inmates serving sentences for drug crimes are set for early release next month under…
August 18, 2015
According to records, an inmate at Fishkill Correctional Facility in New York died after a fight with multiple officers.
March 28, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Since at least the beginning of March, inmates in San Francisco's local County Jail No. 4 have…
March 3, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - On Saturday night, a female corrections officer was sexually assaulted by a Rikers Island inmate, but a…
February 14, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Apparently in the South Carolina prison system, accessing Facebook is a serious offense - as serious as…
November 20, 2014
LA Weekly went inside the gay wing of a Los Angeles County jail and found out it is actually safer
October 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - This week, more than 100 computer tablets were distributed to inmates at San Francisco County jails as…
August 6, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's juvenile jails are extremely violent and unsafe, the result of a culture of…
May 23, 2014
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As the rest of the nation debates the feasibility and humanity of lethal injections against a…
February 11, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday urged states to restore voting rights to former prison inmates, an…
December 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The first state to allow conjugal visits to its prison population more than 100 years ago will…
December 9, 2013
NBC News - Nearly 20 current and former LA County sheriff’s deputies were expected to be arrested Monday in connection…
October 15, 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will not interfere with a previous order requiring California to…
April 3, 2013
LOS ANGELES - Guards at a downtown Los Angeles jail fired rubber pellets and pepper spray to swiftly quell a…
December 5, 2012
(AP) - The warden of a North Carolina prison has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations…
November 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - California residents voted to pass Proposition 36, the ballot measure aimed at reforming the state's controversial Three…
July 3, 2012
North Carolina Republican lawmakers have voted to override a veto of a law that will place limits on death-row inmates'…
May 15, 2012
The Mount Auburn cemetery, known as 'The City of Dead for Colored People', was founded in 1872, back when blacks…