Brickbat: Cave Man
A British court has ordered Gloucestershire resident Graham Wildin jailed for six weeks for contempt of court for refusing an order to tear down a “man cave” he built without …
Jail
More Than a Half-dozen Officers Stood and Watched for 8 Minutes as a Teen Hung Himself
For 7 minutes and 51 seconds, 7 correction officers, a captain and two paramedics walked by or watched on from a guard station as he hung himself. Free Thought ProjectIt …
‘Night of Terror’: Lawsuit Alleges Female Inmates Were Sexually Assaulted for Hours in Indiana Jail
A civil rights lawsuit was filed Monday on behalf of eight women who allege that they were subjected to hours of abuse by male inmates while incarcerated in an Indiana …
Brittney Griner’s Prolonged Detention Isn’t Racism, But The Limits Of American Diplomacy
Brittney Griner and other Americans abroad need to understand they will be held accountable for breaking foreign laws. The FederalistThe Federalist is an American conservative online magazine and podcast that …
Charging a Bodega Worker Who Stabbed His Attacker Isn’t Criminal Justice Reform
A 61-year-old New York City bodega worker recently found himself on Rikers Island—one of the most notorious jails in the U.S., known for its pervasive violence and its drumbeat of …
Rikers Island Sees 2 Prisoner Deaths in 2 Days
It’s been a week since a judge approved an action plan to reform the dangerous and troubled Rikers Island jail in New York City to avoid a federal takeover, and …
This Man Says He Spent 17 Days in Jail After American Airlines Wrongly Fingered Him As a Shoplifting Suspect
On Independence Day last year, Michael Lowe, a tour guide from Flagstaff, Arizona, was vacationing in Tucumcari, New Mexico, when he encountered local police officers who were investigating a disturbance. …
Imagine Having a Decade of Your Life Erased. It Happened to 161 People Exonerated from Prison in 2021.
Wrongfully imprisoned persons lost a total of 1,849 years of their lives before being cleared in 2021, according to the newly released annual report from the National Registry of Exonerations. …
Brickbat: Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
Federal court-appointed monitors said jailers working for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department routinely violate use-of-force policy. In a recent report, the monitors said jailers regularly punch inmates in the …
New York Dems Want To Roll Back Bail Reforms. Not So Fast, Says NYC Comptroller.
It is no secret that the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country on earth. There are myriad reasons why that number is so high, and opinions differ …