How About Diversifying Newsrooms for a Change?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2014 Media organizations would benefit from fresh faces from a variety of backgrounds; protesters want the Gates Foundation to stop giving money to private prisons; meanwhile, a man is serving a life sentence in prison for lending his friend a car and going to bed. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Are Students Dropping Out of College to Become Entrepreneurs?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2014 Universities are working hard to keep their students in the classroom rather than out starting their own business; private prisons receive tons of taxpayer dollars but can operate under secrecy; meanwhile, anti-terrorist agencies try to entrap activists to demonstrate that the policing organizations are needed. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ohio Prisoner Experiences ‘Air Hunger’ While Being Put to Death, Attorney Contends

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 18, 2014 Condemned inmate Dennis McGuire had to undergo "air hunger" before being put to death Thursday, his family and attorney allege. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

William Stuntz: Crime and Punishment and the Fight Against Racial Injustice

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2014 William Stuntz was a socially conservative evangelical Christian whose fight for race allied him across all political systems. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Louisiana’s Incarceration Is a Private Business

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 5, 2014 Louisiana has assailed its residents to a level unequal to any other state, entering the new year with another signature No. 1 ranking in lockups. It has created a system more efficient and despondent than state run prisons or regular privatization. The costs are low, profits high and human life is a commodity that allows the market to keep growing.Louisiana has created a system more efficient and despondent than state run prisons or regular privatization. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Idaho to Take Over Privately Run Prison

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 5, 2014 Idaho Gov. C.L. Otter announced Friday that the state's corrections department would assume operation of the largest privately run prison there after more than a decade of mismanagement and other problems. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Force-Feeding Is Not Just for Guantanamo

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2013 In response to the prison hunger strike that’s spread throughout California since the beginning of July, a federal judge ruled Monday that officials could force-feed the inmates. After seven grueling weeks, there are still 69 prisoners who are refusing to eat the facilities' meals. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Business of Mass Incarceration

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 29, 2013 The poor, stripped of legal protection, have become fodder for a system of mass incarceration that serves corporate greed rather than justice. Debbie Bourne, a mother of two, is to the prison-industrial complex not a person but a commodity.The poor have become fodder for a system of mass incarceration that serves corporate greed rather than justice. Debbie Bourne is to the prison-industrial complex not a person but a commodity. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

California Prison Guards Allegedly Retaliate Against Hunger Strike

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 19, 2013 Prison officials are trying to break a hunger strike involving thousands of California inmates by "blasting cells with cold air, confiscating legal documents and, in one case, banning lawyers, according to legal representatives and relatives," The Guardian reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

California Prison Hunger Strike Raises Issue of Force-Feeding on U.S. Soil

By Christie Thompson, ProPublica Jul 14, 2013 As lawmakers call for an end to the force-feeding of Guantanamo detainees, the California strike serves as a reminder: Inmates in this country can ultimately be given the same treatment. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

30,000 California Inmates Begin Hunger Strike Protest

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2013 An estimated 30,000 prisoners in California began refusing meals Monday in what may be the largest incarceration strike in history. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bowl Phone Sex

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 1, 2013 Prisoners in a New Jersey jail, like prisoners across the country, have built a subterranean system of communication to defy the harsh conditions of incarceration and keep themselves connected. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )