Prison

“What democracy are you talking about?"

It was the epic “I quit” seen and heard around the world. The year was 2014 when Charlo Greene, a reporter with KTVA in Alaska, took to the airwaves to tell viewers she was ditching her day job to promote pot legalization with a well-timed “f**k it.” But now Greene is now facing 54 years in prison. Here’s the video, but if you haven’t figured it out yet, it contains an F-bomb. [1]

US prison strike has spread to at least 24 states.

(ANTIMEDIA) It’s a strange world that sees criminals sentenced to less prison time than those who expose their crimes, but it’s the world we live in. Anonymous vigilante hacktivist Deric Lostutter, who hacked into the Steubenville High School sports fan website to reveal incriminating evidence against two student rapists, now faces 16 years in prison.

(ANTIMEDIA) A 23-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after exchanging gunfire with Canton police in January.

(ANTIMEDIA) Data provided by PrisonStudies.org is helping shed light on America’s incarceration problem, demonstrating that only the small archipelago of Seychelles, located in the Indian Ocean off East Africa, has a higher incarceration rate than the U.S.

(ANTIMEDIA) The Department of Justice’s announcement on Thursday that it would reduce or terminate contracts with private prison companies commanded headlines and provided cautious hope to those determined to end America’s age of mass incarceration.

(ANTIMEDIA) Darius Robinson, a 41-year-old Oklahoma father of seven, had his windpipes crushed and a bone in his throat broken by prison guards in April. The incident ultimately led to his death, but months later, the jailer responsible has still not been charged.

Reports Chelsea Manning tried to commit suicide are still unconfirmed.

(ANTIMEDIA) Washington, D.C. — Holly Harris may wear cowboy boots to work, but the Kentucky mom and Executive Director for the US Justice Action Network (USJAN) is far from your average southerner.