security UK prison deploys active anti-drone countermeasures to fight contraband smuggling Cory Doctorow

politics Coronavirus: ICE to stop arresting migrants other than 'mission critical' arrests, whatever that is Xeni Jardin

drugs Woman in jail after paying bail with cannabis-scented cash Xeni Jardin

civil asset forfeiture The DEA seized a 79-year-old man's life savings at airport and won't give it back Mark Frauenfelder

law Say it with meth: Christmas card containing crystal leads to holiday in jail Xeni Jardin

smuggling Smuggler busted carrying fake child stuffed with illegal cosmetics David Pescovitz

prison tech Six tiny cellphones found hidden in a pair of Nike shoes at Oklahoma detention center Mark Frauenfelder

security Border agents seize 154 pounds of 'prohibited bologna' at Texas crossing Xeni Jardin

books In an age of disappearing prison libraries, jail profiteers provide "free" crapgadget tablets that charge prisoners by the minute to read Project Gutenberg ebooks Cory Doctorow

law EFF and ACLU triumph as federal judge rules that warrantless, suspicionless device searches at the border are illegal Cory Doctorow

corruption The world's "free trade zones": hives of scum and villainy Cory Doctorow

prisons as profit centers Jails are replacing family visits with video chat Mark Frauenfelder

law Martin Shkreli placed in solitary confinement Rob Beschizza

comfort food Watch – cheese infested with live maggots is a delicacy Mark Frauenfelder

Food My Life on the Road: Headed to Texas – chicken and booze in Bozeman Seamus Bellamy

animals The Transportation Safety Agency wants you to give their dogs a good home Seamus Bellamy

Science Save The Elephants: How DNA revealed the 3 cartels behind most of Africa’s ivory smuggling Xeni Jardin

books Pennsylvania to end prison book donations, forcing inmates onto pricey eBook platform Rob Beschizza

surveillance Cops have a secret, unaccountable system for tracking you by your cellphone, and they abuse it like crazy Cory Doctorow

airlines Woman fined $500 after taking free snack apple off Delta flight Rob Beschizza