coronavirus Paul Manafort is the latest terrible person who says he should be released from prison because of Covid-19 Mark Frauenfelder

video Moving documentary on prisoners who break wild horses Andrea James

video Film examines the brutal long-term effects of solitary confinement Andrea James

picks Chelsea Manning faces new charges, indefinite solitary confinement, related to suicide attempt Xeni Jardin

crime President Obama issues 61 sentence commutations, only 10,000 more to go Xeni Jardin

prisons Hack of 70M prisoner phone calls is biggest attorney-client privilege breach in US history Xeni Jardin

prison The US starves its prisoners Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus U.S. sets record high COVID cases for 3 days in a row, nearly 69,000 new cases today Xeni Jardin

sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing

trump Trump ad uses Nazi symbol to woo voters Mark Frauenfelder

fashion Skin tight, with bite: lion-mauled jeans Matt Maranian

coronavirus County sheriffs claim that prisoners sleeping head-to-toe count as being "six feet apart" for coronavirus safety Thom Dunn

rona New York prisoners offered $6 an hour to dig mass graves Rob Beschizza

News Jailed Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus, NYT confirms Xeni Jardin

law Jailed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's health is improving, and he's out of solitary – spokesman Xeni Jardin

china Purported footage of Chinese people being forced into coronavirus quarantine Rob Beschizza

gender Two years after a federal law banning shackling women during childbirth was passed, prisoners in America are still giving birth in chains Cory Doctorow

Business When contracting with Chinese manufacturers, it's very hard to avoid forced labor Cory Doctorow