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What happens when actual prisoners play The Prisoner's Dilemma?
Photo: businessinsider.com The Prisoner's Dilemma is a basic part of game theory. Two prisoners are given the choice between informing on the other, or staying silent. They can't communicate with each...
View ArticleCalifornia prisons sterilized at least 150 female inmates
While most of the sterilizations were agreed to by the women, those same women also report being heavily pressured into the surgeries. For instance, one woman reports that, in 2010, a doctor tried to...
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The US starves its prisoners
Schuylkill County Prison in Pennsylvania feeds inmates portions that are “not even enough to fill a 5-year-old child,” according to a group of prisoners who have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit....
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Hack of 70M prisoner phone calls is biggest attorney-client privilege breach...
An important story out today confirms that SecureDrop, the open source whistleblower leak system originally programmed by Aaron Swartz and maintained by Freedom of the Press Foundation, works. (more…)
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President Obama issues 61 sentence commutations, only 10,000 more to go
Today, President Obama met with Americans who have received commutations on prison sentences during his presidency, and under previous administrations. Today, Obama commuted the sentences of 61 more...
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Chelsea Manning faces new charges, indefinite solitary confinement, related...
An update on the health status and prisoner status of Wikileaks source and U.S. whistleblower Chelsea Manning, from her supporters at Fight for the Future. (more…)
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Film examines the brutal long-term effects of solitary confinement
The vast majority of prisoners like Kenneth Moore held in solitary confinement for extended periods get released with almost no rehabilitation or coping skills. Frontline spent three years inside and...
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Moving documentary on prisoners who break wild horses
The Wild Inside follows Arizona prisoners in a program where they work to break wild horses rounded up from the desert. (more…)
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Paul Manafort is the latest terrible person who says he should be released...
The coronavirus pandemic is being seen as a get-out-of-jail free card for imprisoned creeps. Bill Cosby is trying it. So is Michael Cohen and Lee Baca. If Jeffrey Epstein was still alive you know his...
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Boston Marathon Bomber sues over his right to wear a baseball cap in prison
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is the surviving of the two Boston Marathon Bombers. Tsarnaev's older brother, Tamerlan, who was very possibly an FBI informant, was believed to be the mastermind behind the attacks;...
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Watch the runway prisoner swap of Brittney Griner for Viktor "Merchant of...
Basketball star Brittney Griner is back on her home court today after a prisoner swap with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, aka the "Merchant of Death." Above is video of the exchange that occurred...
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Man escapes prison by impersonating his cellmate, who was to be released
A 26-year-old man in Cowlitz County, Washington escaped from prison on Monday by impersonating his cellmate, who was supposed to be released that day. It helped that his cellmate was sound asleep when...
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Escaped killer was shot at by resident but stole a rifle and fled — now...
Escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante, convicted of murder, was spotted last night sneaking into a garage and stealing a rifle that was leaning in a corner, according to Pennsylvania State Police (see...
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Reporter asks a bizarre "small man" question at captured prisoner press...
In today's MAGA world jaded by years of Qnut leadership, no question thrown at a press conference is too outlandish. As observed by a sheriff's reaction to a bizarre inquiry after the capture of...
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13 new charges for man who attacked judge in court
Deobra Delone Redden, 30, was going down for a while on a felony battery charge. After attacking Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus, though, he'll be going down for a whole a lot...
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Idaho inmate escapes hospital, and 3 people — including 2 cops — are shot in...
An Idaho inmate receiving medical treatment at a Boise hospital escaped early this morning, but not before his unidentified accomplice shot two officers. His partner in crime reportedly showed up at...
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New York prison inmates win right to watch eclipse
Inmates at a New York prison will be allowed to view Monday's total eclipse outside after suing over a planned lockdown during the event. The inmates at Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan...
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