Prison

For Walter "Earlonne" Woods, the path to freedom was podcasting. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) thegrio.com
January 2, 2019

California inmate takes unlikely path to freedom: Podcasting

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December 21, 2018

Sen. Cory Booker sets the record straight on new criminal justice reform bill: ‘We have a long way to go’

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Congo thegrio.com
October 26, 2018

AP Investigation: Congo hospitals openly jail poor patients

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October 19, 2018

Michael Vick’s father gets prison time for link to heroin ring

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October 10, 2018

Los Angeles suspends practice of collecting juvenile detention fees from parents

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Bill Cosby
October 9, 2018

Prison official: Bill Cosby getting hit with chicken patty is ‘fake news’

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September 26, 2018

VIDEO: Here’s how the internet reacted to Bill Cosby behind bars

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Bill Cosby thegrio.com
September 26, 2018

Bill Cosby, now inmate NN7687, placed in single cell

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Valentino Dixon
September 20, 2018

How a black man got sprung from jail thanks to golf

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Meek Mill thegrio.com
August 24, 2018

Meek Mill says lingering case has him shook about going back to jail

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Serena Williams and sister Yetunde Price thegrio.com
August 1, 2018

Gang member who killed sister of Serena and Venus Williams released from prison for ‘good behavior’

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Alice Marie Johnson thegrio.com
July 10, 2018

Out of work and out of prison: New study says Black women have it the hardest

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June 6, 2018

Brother of Kalief Browder calls out NYC cash bail system three years after brother’s tragic suicide

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David Robinson has been exonerated but still sits in Missouri prison thegrio.com
May 15, 2018

Why is this innocent man still in prison after judge overturned conviction?

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May 3, 2018

Transgender inmate says she was raped amid prison lawsuit

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Meek Mill thegrio.com
April 24, 2018

BREAKING NEWS: Meek Mill released from prison

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Keisha Lance Bottoms thegrio.com
April 16, 2018

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms launches groundbreaking prison job training program “This is a career pathway”

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April 13, 2018

Mississippi prison comes under fire during federal trial

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March 30, 2018

Black woman in Texas gets 5 years in prison for voting while on probation

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Rashad Williams thegrio.com
March 25, 2018

Brutalized inmate sues the state of Connecticut for keeping half of his legal award

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