crime

Inmate Who Ran Prison and Impregnated Four Guards Won't Serve More Time

Jay Hathaway · 02/10/15 02:20PM

"This is my jail," Tavon White boasted in a recording played by the prosecutors trying to bring down the smuggling ring he ran for years from within a Baltimore prison. He wasn't exaggerating by much. White, who just received a reduced sentence after testifying about the methods his Black Guerrilla Family used to sneak drugs and phones into Baltimore City Detention Center, is best known for impregnating four prison guards during his time there.

The Solitary Confinement Epidemic Continues

Hamilton Nolan · 02/05/15 03:15PM

Texas has one of the harshest and most punitive criminal justice systems in America. A new report shows just how inhuman the state of Texas is when it comes to doling out the punishment of solitary confinement.