Nation May 30 Elizabeth Holmes enters Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence for Theranos hoax By Michael Liedtke, Lekan Oyekanmi, Associated Press
Nation May 04 Watch 9:46 Why a woman says she met and forgave the man who shot and paralyzed her decades earlier America’s epidemic of gun violence gets plenty of coverage, but we don’t focus nearly enough on the victims living with the life-long impacts of that violence. We have the story of what happens when one of those survivors meets the… By William Brangham, Mike Fritz
Nation Apr 07 Watch 4:57 Incarcerated people face heightened costs to communicate with families For years, advocates argued that incarcerated people in the U.S. are overcharged for basic phone calls. A new law aimed at capping those costs recently went into effect, but a new report is sounding the alarm about the escalating costs… By Roby Chavez
Nation Apr 03 The high cost of staying in touch while incarcerated can linger long after release The high cost of a prison phone call has come down. But a new report sounds the alarm on the escalating costs of non-phone services for incarcerated people. By Roby Chavez
Nation Feb 03 Families spend ‘exorbitant rates’ to call their incarcerated loved ones. A new law aims to change that The law in Martha Wright-Reed's name calls on the FCC to better regulate the exorbitant costs of prison and jail phone calls for incarcerated people and their families. By Candice Norwood, The 19th
Jan 05 Biden signs bill aiming to ease costs for prison calls By Colleen Long, Associated Press Biden has signed into law a bill aimed at easing the cost for prisoners to call family and friends. The legislation clarifies that the Federal Communications Commission can set limits for fees on audio and video calls inside corrections facilities. Continue reading
Dec 15 Tennis legend Becker returns to Germany after being freed from prison By Associated Press German tennis legend Boris Becker has returned to Germany after serving eight months in prison. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch 8:09 Initiative allows inmates to work toward law degree while behind bars By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster The United States has the highest rate of incarceration based on population. Part of it is due to an overwhelmed, underfunded system in both prosecutors' and public defenders' offices. As Fred de Sam Lazaro reports, one initiative is trying to… Continue watching
Dec 05 Michael Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in California fraud case By Amy Taxin, Associated Press Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti has been sentenced in Southern California to 14 years in federal prison for cheating his clients out of millions of dollars. Continue reading
Nov 28 Trial begins for former prison warden accused of sexual abuse By Michael R. Sisak, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The former warden of an abuse-plagued federal women's prison known as the "rape club" is going on trial. Continue reading