Prisons

Close-up of male prisoners' feet in chains.

Beltway Confidential

Prison rape is the criminal justice issue no one is talking about

Brad Polumbo and Molly Davis · June 1, 2019 12:00 pm

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., left, shakes hands with Vice President Joe Biden on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, after Biden administered a ceremonial Senate oath of office. They are joined by Bookerâs mother, Carolyn Booker at center. Earlier, Booker was officially sworn in on the Senate floor.

Cory Booker: ‘I love Joe Biden’ despite passing ‘shameful’ crime bill

John Gage · May 30, 2019 7:04 pm

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, talks with New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill at a plaque dedication ceremony at the Central Park police precinct in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018.

NYPD criticizes de Blasio ordering judges to release accused violent criminals without bail

John Gage · May 29, 2019 10:54 pm

This Friday, Aug. 17, 2018 photo provided by the Alexandria, Va., Detention Center shows Maria Butina.

Maria Butina transferred to Florida prison

Caitlin Yilek · May 29, 2019 4:31 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2016 file photo, a condemned inmate is led out of his east block cell on death row at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif.

Bring medically proven opioid treatments into jails and prisons

Jeremy Travis and Alan Leshner · May 23, 2019 2:11 pm

President Trump, right, shakes hands with former prisoner Gregory Allen, third from right, as former prisoner Alice Johnson, second from right, watches, during the 2019 Prison Reform Summit and First Step Act Celebration in the East Room of the White House in D.C.

Trump embrace of criminal reform faces test as 4,000 inmates near release

Steven Nelson · May 17, 2019 4:05 am

Ken Buck: Terrorists and felons jailed at Supermax should not be allowed to vote

Ken Buck · May 17, 2019 4:05 am

Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning speaks with reporters in Alexandria, Va.

Chelsea Manning jailed again

Caitlin Yilek · May 16, 2019 9:22 pm

In this courtroom sketch, Maria Butina, left, is shown next to her attorney Robert Driscoll, before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, during a court hearing at the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

Russian agent Maria Butina appeals prison sentence

Caitlin Yilek · May 15, 2019 11:24 pm

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a press conference.

Beltway Confidential

Ron DeSantis should give Todd Buchanan a second chance

Tom Rogan · May 15, 2019 10:00 am

Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Woman who sent poisoned baked goods to Mueller pleads guilty to escaping

Zach Halaschak · May 6, 2019 10:36 pm

Michael Cohen, former attorney to President Donald Trump, holds a press conference outside his apartment building before departing to begin his prison term Monday, May 6, 2019, in New York.

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Michael Cohen has one last self-embarrassment before three-year prison sentence

Eddie Scarry · May 6, 2019 3:32 pm