JOHN KIRIAKOU: Scrap the US Bureau of Prisons April 19, 2023 Employee misconduct runs rampant in the largest bureau run by the Department of Justice and no amount of “congressional oversight” is going to help. Read more →
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Covid & the Way of Death in US Prisons February 23, 2023 If we don’t care about prisoners on any normal day, then why would we care about them when a pandemic is spreading through the system? Read more →
Chris Hedges: When the Just Go to Prison August 3, 2022 The imprisonment of Daniel Hale, federal prisoner 26069-075 in Marion, Illinois, is a microcosm of the vast gulag being constructed for all of us. Read more →
JOHN KIRIAKOU: A Whistleblower’s Agony June 15, 2022 Denying Joshua Schulte bail because of a fear that he might reveal classified information is one thing. Subjecting him to torture is another. Read more →
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Sending a Hacktivist to SuperMax February 3, 2022 Unless dramatic reforms are undertaken, prisoners such as Marty Gottesfeld will continue to be abused. Read more →
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Scandal of US Prisons January 18, 2022 The head of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons was forced to step down last week as scandals swept through the vast U.S. prison system. Read more →
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Leave Prisoners in Home Confinement April 5, 2021 Covid’s not over, but the DOJ is still pushing to lock non-violent offenders back up. Read more →
JOHN KIRIAKOU: As Assange Faces Extradition, the State of US Prisons Grows Worse September 21, 2020 The vast majority of the violence committed against federal inmates goes unreported. And it’s a daily occurrence. Read more →