Prison

Inside this maximum security prison, a film festival proves 'a little bit healing'

5:00am November 12, 2024

The Sing Sing maximum security prison in New York held its first-ever film festival recently, with incarcerated men invited to judge the five entries.

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National

Steve Bannon feels 'empowered' after four months in federal prison

12:41pm October 29, 2024

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was back to hosting his daily podcast "War Room" just hours after his release from federal prison.

Human Interest

Tiny homes in Alamance County will help exonerees get back into society

7:00am October 28, 2024

by David Ford

An Alamance couple has donated a portion of their small farm to house exonerees. It's a collaboration with the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence with the goal of helping those who have spent years in prison and were wrongfully convicted transition back into society.

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National

'Cheat Code to Life': Jailhouse lawyers help incarcerated people — and themselves, too

5:10am October 16, 2024

A new trove of letters and oral histories is shining a light on the successes and challenges of jailhouse lawyers: people in prison who help themselves and others navigate the legal system.

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National

DOJ watchdog: federal prison not doing enough to prevent inmate suicides

3:45pm September 26, 2024

Lewisburg federal prison, a facility located in central Pennsylvania where thousands of inmates often pass through on their way to other federal institutions, was found to have problems with addressing mental health risks, healthcare quality, leaking infrastructure and employee conduct.

Jeffery Christian, right, speaks at a press conference in Chicago, on May 7. Christian and dozens of others claim they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers, as part of a lawsuit recounting decades of allegations of systemic child abuse.

National

Youth detention facilities face increased scrutiny amid a wave of abuse lawsuits

5:05pm May 17, 2024

by Meg Anderson

A new lawsuit alleges widespread sexual abuse of juveniles took place over decades at Illinois youth detention facilities. Similar lawsuits have been filed this year in other states.

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Inmates gather inside the National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, March 3, 2024.

World News

Haiti declares a curfew as it tries to restore order after weekend jailbreak

11:43pm March 03, 2024

by The Associated Press

Haiti's government declared a state of emergency and curfew Sunday in a bid to regain control after violence over the weekend saw armed gang members storm the country's two biggest prisons.

Many states have introduced tablets into prisons, allowing users to do things like listen to music and send messages. Several incarcerated people told NPR that while the devices aren't perfect, the ability to stream music has been a game-changer.

People in prison explain what music means to them — and how they access it

1:25pm January 03, 2024

Three people incarcerated at prisons across the U.S. spoke to NPR's Morning Edition about how music helps them reconnect with the past, endure the present and envision the future.

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More than a dozen prisoners at Thomson prison in Illinois claimed in a letter that guards were bribing them to attack the warden. The Marshall Project redacted some names in these documents to protect their identity.

National

A warden tried to fix an abusive federal prison. He faced death threats

6:00am November 15, 2023

He was tasked with ending abuse at a federal penitentiary in Illinois but says his own staff and Bureau of Prisons officials blocked his efforts.

Authorities warn that Danelo Cavalcante, pictured here, is "extremely dangerous."

National

What it takes to search for a fugitive

4:22pm September 12, 2023

The manhunt for convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from a prison near Philadelphia last month, is nearing the two-week mark. So how do authorities find him?

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