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April 22, 2017
On Friday, new reports surfaced alleging that Aaron Hernandez had written a suicide note to his prison boyfriend before hanging himself using
April 19, 2017
Aaron Hernandez committed suicide in prison on Wednesday morning, the Department of Correction confirmed. He was 27.
April 13, 2017
As part of a new "Raise the Age" initiative, New York has announced that it will no longer prosecute 16-…
March 31, 2017
On Friday during a City Hall news conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed that he would shut down Riker's Island.
March 7, 2017
A study shows that black people are significantly more likely than their white counterparts to be convicted of a crime…
February 28, 2017
"Gary from Chicago" was released from a California prison after serving 20 years only three days before the Oscars
February 17, 2017
This summer, O.J. Simpson is up for parole. Simpson has been locked up in Lovelock Correctional Center since 2008, and he
February 17, 2017
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Van Jones didn’t pull any punches when he put his finger on just what
February 13, 2017
One of 1,715. For Eric Alvarez, this number is personal. It represents the 1,715 people who received a second chance at
January 27, 2017
Jay Z believes that Rikers Island should be shut down, and he's pointing to the upcoming Kalief Browder doc premiering…
November 14, 2016
This Monday and Tuesday, #cut50 will host a #ClemencyNow event urging President Obama to grant more clemencies during a "Hope…
October 19, 2016
Officer Michael Dorsainvil is on trial for beating Rikers Island inmate Carl Williams and later claiming that Williams hung himself.
October 6, 2016
Ava DuVernay's "13th," which premieres on Netflix Oct. 7, is a historical masterpiece that explores the 13th Amendment's "original sin."
September 15, 2016
Willie Wilson, a Chicago businessman and former candidate for mayor, wants to help give some Cook County inmates a second…
September 13, 2016
The Ohio Innocence Project received $15 million to continue freeing people who were imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.
September 9, 2016
On Wednesday, a riot at Florida’s Holmes Correctional Institution left almost every single dorm damaged and saw more than 400 inmates
August 26, 2016
A Georgia jury deliberated for all of 90 minutes before sentencing a truck driver who threw boiling water on a
July 30, 2016
Jelani Maraj, brother to Nicki Minaj, has been accused of repeatedly raping a 12-year-old, and now, the prosecution says, the
June 24, 2016
For 22 years, there’s been a congressional ban on inmates receiving federal aid for college education, with opponents declaring it unfair that
May 24, 2016
David Norman, at 67 years old, is the oldest member of his graduating class from Columbia University, but the journey