Inmates’ families hope documentary brings end to ‘horrific conditions’ inside Alabama’s violent prisons

A Montgomery pastor who ministers in Alabama prisons told state lawmakers Wednesday that he sees incarcerated men who are ...
AOL

17 killed in Ecuador prison riot days after deadly jailbreak

Clashes between drug gangs on Thursday claimed at least 17 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days, with rampaging inmates beheading and maiming rivals, officials in the ...
Yahoo

DA calls for changes at Trousdale Turner, one of Tennessee’s most dangerous prisons

TROUSDALE COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — There’s a call for change at one of Tennessee’s most dangerous prisons, the Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility. The most recent incident, was a riot that put the ...
The New York Times

How to Cut the Prison Population, Save Money and Make Us Safer

American prisons are fast becoming the world’s worst nursing homes, increasingly filled with aging criminals who can barely walk, let alone commit another crime. The idea that we should lock up people ...