Jails banned visits in "quid pro quo" with prison phone companies, lawsuits say(arstechnica.com)

67 points by LinuxBender 2 years ago | 14 comments

NY Governor vetoes ban on noncompete clauses, waters down LLC transparency bill(gothamist.com)

323 points by dataflow 2 years ago | 211 comments

Gothamist news article reporting that New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed a ban on noncompete clauses and weakened an LLC transparency bill.

Free prison phone calls boost family ties, rehabilitation(latimes.com)

343 points by ohjeez 3 years ago | 166 comments

Los Angeles Times article on how California's free prison phone calls are helping inmates repair family relationships and supporting rehabilitation.

Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and be freed from prison(apnews.com)

71 points by geox 2 years ago | 3 comments

Postponed '60 Minutes' segment on Salvadoran prison is streamed by Canadian news(nbcnews.com)

71 points by duxup 10 months ago | 12 comments

Freed Israeli hostages recount brutal beatings, starvation(nypost.com)

3 points by ThomasPw 1 year ago | 1 comments