I was one of the researchers in the well-known Stanford prison experiment in 1971, demonstrating the destructive dynamics that are generated when one group of people — randomly assigned as “guards” — ...

After roughly a year in jail, Sean “Diddy” Combs received his prison sentence. Judge Arun Subramanian sentenced Combs to 50 months in prison. Combs’ lawyers have criticized this ruling. The attorney ...

New York state has cut projected funding for its public universities three times this year. But it can't seem to find a way to eliminate its spending on unnecessary prisons. Why? It's part economics, ...

Mr Bear makes a comeback In our July issue, Inside Time published the sad tale of Mr Bear. Shane Medhurst, a prisoner at HMP ...

Since she began studying mechanical engineering as an undergraduate at Stanford University, Ufuoma Ovienmhada had little desire to build “tech for tech’s sake.” The university’s sustainability lab ...

Members of the Franklin County and River Valley Coalition speak against the proposed prison in Franklin County during a press conference in Little Rock on Jan. 14, 2025. Left to right: Leah Acoach, ...

It's an odd country, really. Our largest growth industries are gambling and prisons. But as you may have heard, crimes rates are dropping. We're not putting people into prison for hurting other people ...

“Clearly, OUR prisons are not working.” At one level David Gauke, a former Conservative justice secretary, who on October 22nd was appointed by Britain’s Labour government to run a sentencing review, ...

Humanity for Prisoners, a Spring Lake-based prisoner advocacy agency, has announced formal opposition to a new mail policy in ...