MassLive

Mass. sends people to correctional-run facilities for involuntary addiction treatment. A look inside the system and how it’s changing

LUDLOW — When police picked up Jose Pellot this spring, he was confused. The Southbridge man hadn’t committed a crime, and he wasn’t accused of one. But his doctor had recently filed a petition for ...
The Conversation

As Second Chance Pell Grant program grows, more incarcerated people can get degrees – but there’s a difference between prison‑run and college‑run education behind bars

People in prison rarely get to go to college. But an expansion in access to federal financial aid through Pell Grants for those who are incarcerated will soon make higher education a bit more ...
The New York Times

4 Men Are Sentenced in Prison-Run Warrant Scam Targeting Women

They used a drone to drop cellphones into a Georgia prison yard, where an inmate coordinated a multistate scheme largely aimed at women who were medical workers, prosecutors said. By Rylee Kirk Four ...
Mother Jones

A Brief History of America’s Private Prison Industry

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Read Mother Jones reporter Shane Bauer’s firsthand account of his four months spent ...