Inmates released from Syria's 'human slaughterhouse' prison

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After more than a decade of war in Syria, hundreds of inmates in one of the country's most notorious prisons are being reunited with their families.

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For white-collar prisoners who just can't disconnect, $3,000 contraband cellphones can literally fall from the sky

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White-collar criminals pay thousands and ignore huge risks to keep a cellphone in prison.

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An FCC ruling has cut prison phone bills in half, disrupting the correctional telecommunications industry

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People incarcerated in jails and prisons have to pay per minute to communicate with the outside world.

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San Quentin prison on lockdown as dozens suffer gastrointestinal illness. Prisoners say 'boiled chicken' is to blame.

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San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in San Quentin, California, 2015.

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The man Clarence Thomas raised 'as a son' arrested on drug and weapons charges

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Clarence Thomas took in his grandnephew and raised him like a son. Mark Martin now faces more than 25 years on drug and weapons charges.

How the New Mexican Mafia actually works, according to a former member

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Manuel Medrano is a former member of the Arizona Mexican Mafia, also known as the New Mexican Mafia, a US prison gang. He was in and out of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry for 20 years and served time for armed robbery and drug trafficking.

You can run for president from prison as a felon. Here's what happened when 2 candidates campaigned from behind bars.

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Left: E.V. Debs, portrait bust. Right: Right-wing politician Lyndon H. LaRouche attending a press conference.
Left: E.V. Debs, portrait bust. Right: Right-wing politician Lyndon H. LaRouche attending a press conference.

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One of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX allies is going to prison too

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Ryan Salame, right, leaving a Manhattan federal courthouse in September.

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A former Facebook and Nike DEI manager got 5 years in prison for stealing $5 million to fund her luxury lifestyle

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Barbara Furlow-Smiles at the 2020 Sisters' Awards at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles
Barbara Furlow-Smiles at the 2020 Sisters' Awards at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, on March 8, 2020.

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Sam Bankman-Fried has a new currency to trade in prison: rice

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Left: Sam Bankman-Fried in a blue suit with red striped tie. Right: Pile of white rice.
Sam Bankman-Fried gave his first in-person interview from prison to Puck. He said his rice has become a prison commodity.

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