Firefighting is a rare voluntary role, but the state’s other prisoners still have no choices, making the dangerous work in wildland fire camps more attractive.
Incarceration
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Triumphant Return of Corruption
A look at the biggest stock gainers since Trump’s election shows that paying tribute to the next president will have its benefits.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Another Study Shows Bail Reform Doesn’t Lead to Crime Surge
There’s even more data to refute the fearmongering.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Five-Year Prison Sentence for a Public Hero
Leniency is needed for a good kind of civil disobedience.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Nine Solitary Studies
Over 11,000 people incarcerated at the Federal Bureau of Prisons spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement. The BOP wants to keep examining the issue.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Decider, M.D.
One man, Dr. Warren Roberts, determines whether prisoners in Oregon get medical treatment for their illnesses and injuries.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Dead Cellphone, $27 in Cash and Nowhere to Turn
Migrants released by ICE after dark often must rely on the kindness of strangers and sheer luck or risk spending long nights on the street.
Posted inBooks
Days of Plunder
Two new books call ‘private equity’ what it actually is, but neither offers much hope for emancipation from our eternal hostile takeover.
Posted inWorking in America
Minnesota Prison Officials Seized $10,000 in Wages From Incarcerated Workers
Stillwater prison authorities gave 44 incarcerated workers a raise and then, months later, said they had to pay it back. The incarcerated workers say it’s wage theft.
Posted inLaw and Justice
California’s Legislature Made Prison Phone Calls Free—Utility Regulators Can Handle the Rest
On the heels of groundbreaking federal prison phone call legislation, public utility commissions across the country can also regulate exploitative prison telecoms.
