The Gruesome Attraction of Prison Tourism Is Being Challenged at Last
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.This article was published in partnership with the Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the US criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Eastern State Penitentiary, a former prison…
Imprisoned in a Sauna With No Exit
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Late last June, farmers in Walla Walla, Washington, noticed something odd happening to their onions. Walla Walla, an oasis in the middle of the state’s high desert, is bursting with vineyards, wheat fields and acres of the city’s eponymous…
Algerian Man Detained at Gitmo for 20 Years Finally Goes Home
The sun sets behind the closed Camp X-Ray detention facility, on April 17, 2019, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The Biden administration has been quietly laying the groundwork to release prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center and at least move closer to being able to shut it down. Alex Brandon/AP Photo Facts matter:…
He Joined the Attica Prison Uprising. He Hopes a New Documentary Can Set the Record Straight.
AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.“I’ve been patient,” wrote George Jackson from his prison cell in a 1965 letter to his mother and father, “but where I’m concerned patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it’s cowardice.” In some ways,…
Alabama Will Spend Nearly 20 Percent of its Federal COVID Relief Money to Build Human Cages
Kim Chandler/Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.After years of searching for a way to finance a massive prison-building scheme, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has found her cash cow: Federal coronavirus aid. Under legislation signed by Ivey at the end of…
I Worked at a Prison. My Boss Stalked Me to Prove I Wasn’t Injured.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.LightFieldStudios/iStockphoto/GettyIt started back in 2016 after I tore my peroneal tendon in my ankle on the gun range. The agency fought tooth and nail with the office of workers’ comp not to approve a much-needed repair surgery. Two…