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

Tue, 10/08/2024 - 10:30

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This file photo is a close-up image of a hand holding a cellphone. — 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

Mon, 07/22/2024 - 11:29

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A sign that reads — 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.

Wed, 07/10/2024 - 21:46

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san quinten — 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

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 15:37

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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.

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

Mon, 06/03/2024 - 09:40

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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.