Hacker News with Generative AI: Prisons

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 38 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 40 days ago | 27 comments

Behind Victorian Bars (historytoday.com)

History, Victorian Era, England, Prisons

4 points by Caiero 133 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 133 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 161 days ago | 24 comments

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