Hacker News with Generative AI: Prison

Furious at FCC, Arkansas jail cancels inmate phone calls rather than lower rates (arstechnica.com)
Sheriff John Montgomery of Baxter County, Arkansas, isn't going to take it anymore—if by "it" you mean "having to offer lower phone call rates to incarcerated inmates."
Law Enforcement, Telecom, Arkansas, Prison, Inmates
12 points by voxadam 15 days ago | 1 comments
Sam Bankman-Fried tweets from prison, aligns himself with DOGE efficiency (cryptoslate.com)
SBF takes aim at management while seeking pardon, hinting at workforce misalignments from a prison cell.
Cryptocurrency, Sam Bankman-Fried, Prison, Twitter
8 points by harambae 36 days ago | 1 comments
'Everybody is looking at their phones,' says man freed after 30 years in prison (news.sky.com)
A man who has been released from prison after 30 years for a crime he says he never committed has been readjusting to life - and getting used to just how connected people are now.
Social Commentary, Technology, Crime, Prison, Social Change
188 points by austinallegro 39 days ago | 171 comments
Julian Assange makes first public statement since prison release [video] (youtube.com)
Julian Assange, Prison, Video, News
9 points by rglover 183 days ago | 0 comments
The DA Says He's Innocent. He Might Spend Life in Prison Anyway (propublica.org)
Law, Justice, Criminal Justice, Prison
56 points by speckx 226 days ago | 24 comments
FCC votes to limit prison telecom charges (worthrises.org)
Telecommunications, Law, Government, Prison
982 points by Avshalom 258 days ago | 426 comments
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners (japantimes.co.jp)
Prison, Japan, Foreigners, Law Enforcement
11 points by PaulHoule 309 days ago | 5 comments
Florida inmates charged for prison cells long after incarceration (abcactionnews.com)
Florida, Prison, Crime, Law
73 points by coloneltcb 343 days ago | 49 comments