US prisons
Incarcerated people use TikTok videos to expose Alabama’s prison conditions
Understaffing, overcrowding and a lack of healthcare fueled a crisis in a state with the world’s highest incarceration rate
Michael Sainato
26, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
It’s easy to see white supremacy as the thinking of extremists. We know that’s not true | Nels Abbey
It was good to see Joe Biden address the issue, but there is more he needs to know, says writer and broadcaster Nels Abbey
Nels Abbey
20, May, 2023 @9:00 AM
‘The forever prisoner’: Abu Zubaydah’s drawings expose the US’s depraved torture policy
Exclusive: For 21 years, the detainee has been in US custody without charge, tortured and sexually humiliated, with no prospect for release
Ed Pilkington in New York
11, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
The last days of death row in California: ‘Your soul is tested here’
After decades locked alone in small cages in San Quentin, men sentenced to die brace for sweeping change
Sam Levin in San Quentin, California
01, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
UN group to tour Los Angeles jails accused of ‘squalid, inhumane’ conditions
Advocates say it will cast welcome attention on a system mired in scandals of prisoner mistreatment and racial injustice
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
28, Apr, 2023 @5:00 AM
Oklahoma death row inmate loses clemency bid despite attorney general appeal
Only Republican governor Kevin Stitt stands between Richard Glossip and the death chamber, with lethal injection set for 18 May
Ed Pilkington
26, Apr, 2023 @8:08 PM
Man found dead eaten by bed bugs in Atlanta jail, lawyer says
Family of Lashawn Thompson call for criminal investigation after his death in custody in filthy jail cell
Gloria Oladipo
15, Apr, 2023 @1:42 PM
Man with schizophrenia was left naked in jail cell for weeks before death, video shows
Joshua McLemore died of malnutrition after 20 days in windowless Indiana jail cell with no medical treatment
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
13, Apr, 2023 @5:21 PM
She reported being abused by US prison guards. Now she faces deportation
Cristal, 31, was one of many to speak up against sexual violence in federal prison, but at the end of her sentence was taken by Ice
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
06, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM
Virginia prisoners who used toothbrush to escape caught at pancake restaurant
Two inmates dug their way out of cell using toothbrush but were apprehended within hours at Ihop branch
Guardian staff
22, Mar, 2023 @12:59 PM
Can California’s oldest prison become a Norway-style rehab center? Two former residents weigh in
Thanh Tran and James King, formerly incarcerated advocates, on life inside the notorious San Quentin and the governor’s transformation plan
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
21, Mar, 2023 @9:39 PM
Families of 14 inmates who died in West Virginia jail allege negligence
Families demand federal investigation amid reports of deplorable conditions, rampant violence and inadequate medical services
Ed Pilkington
19, Mar, 2023 @9:15 AM
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