Hacker News with Generative AI: Prisons

Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison (bbc.com)
Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the former prison on an island off the coast of California.

Politics, Prisons, History, USA

18 points by mikhael 19 days ago | 1 comments

Why an Australian journalist is teaching meditation in America's toughest jails (abc.net.au)
New York's Rikers Island isn't for the faint of heart.

Journalism, Meditation, Prisons, Australia, United States

5 points by meander_water 47 days ago | 0 comments

The 'Judicial Black Hole' of El Salvador's Prisons Is a Warning for Americans (rollingstone.com)
On March 27, 2022, on the heels of a weekend marked by dozens of gang-related murders, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and his legislature plunged the country into a régimen de excepción — a state of exception — and declared war against the gangs.

El Salvador, Prisons, Law Enforcement, Politics, Human Rights

327 points by Avshalom 49 days ago | 193 comments

Board game from Mexican prisons brings together people from all walks of life (apnews.com)
Poleana, a board game with ancient roots that established a foothold nearly a century ago in Mexican prisons, is spreading in popularity outside the walls.

Board Games, Mexico, Social Impact, Prisons

38 points by solardev 145 days ago | 11 comments

The hunt for hidden cells in Sednaya prison (theguardian.com)
Exclusive: The Guardian gains access to Sednaya jail, where prisoners are rumoured to be trapped underground – as desperate relatives wait for news

Human Rights, Syria, Prisons, Journalism

6 points by _tk_ 164 days ago | 1 comments

In the Netherlands, we're closing our emptying prisons (theguardian.com)
The Dutch have seen their prison population decrease by more than 40% over the past 20 years. At the other end of the spectrum, Britain has the highest rate of incarceration in western Europe, and is struggling with an unprecedented prisons crisis. Britain’s minister of prisons, James Timpson, calls the Netherlands a source of inspiration.

Netherlands, Prisons, Crime, Policy, UK

4 points by peutetre 221 days ago | 1 comments

Alexei Navalny's Prison Diaries (newyorker.com)
Nineteen years in a maximum-security penal colony. The number of years does not matter. I understand perfectly well that, like many political prisoners, I am serving a life sentence. Where “life” is defined by either the length of my life or the length of the life of this regime.

Russia, Politics, Journalism, Human Rights, Prisons

62 points by _____k 223 days ago | 27 comments

Behind Victorian Bars (historytoday.com)

History, Victorian Era, England, Prisons

4 points by Caiero 316 days ago | 6 comments

How A Con Man Ended Up in Solitary in Colorado's Supermax Federal Prison (westword.com)

Crime, Prisons, Colorado

16 points by bookofjoe 317 days ago | 1 comments

From prison to trenches: Inside Ukraine's attempt to turn inmates into soldiers (cnn.com)

Ukraine, War, Prisons, Military, Crime

17 points by vinnyglennon 344 days ago | 24 comments

A look inside illegal drone deliveries at B.C.'s prisons (vancouverisawesome.com)