jail
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The Plan to Turn New York’s Most Notorious Jail Into a Renewable Energy Hub Is What Justice Looks Like
People pace the bus stop at Queensboro Plaza on a Saturday before New York City’s covid-19 shelter-in-place order. They are waiting for the Q100 bus, which serves as the only modes of public transportation with a direct route to Rikers Island, the location of New York City’s largest jail complex. Metal containment fences capped with…
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Thousands Of Prisoners Released Early In Washington State Because Of A Software Bug
It’s believed that over 3200 Washington state prisoners were released from their sentences early because of a bug which miscalculated time credits for their good behaviour.
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How Biotech Could Make Life In Prison A Living Hell
At the University of Oxford, a team of scholars led by the philosopher Rebecca Roache has begun thinking about the ways futuristic technologies might transform punishment. In January, I spoke with Roache and her colleagues Anders Sandberg and Hannah Maslen about emotional enhancement, ‘supercrimes’ and the ethics of eternal damnation. What follows is a condensed…
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What It’s Like To Experience New Technology After 25 Years In Jail
When I went to prison, in 1987, Motorola manufactured the large, grey mobile phone that I used. People referred to it as “the brick”. It had the capacity to send or receive phone calls, but there wasn’t any text messaging back then.