Inmate phone calls in Texas prisons are about to get a lot cheaper, the Texas Tribune reports. The Texas Board of Criminal Justice approved a decrease to the cost of calls for inmates from 26 cents per minute to 6 cents a minute, as of...
As doorbell cameras and other smart home surveillance systems become more common, experts are urging residents not to post that video of the suspected burglar on your front porch until you’ve talked to police, reports the Detroit Free Press. “We like to be notified first...
Reality Winner of Georgia received a record-setting prison sentence — five years and three months behind bars — for leaking a top-secret government report about Russian meddling in the 2016 election, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I sincerely apologize and take full responsibility for my actions,”...
In response to the opioid epidemic, cities from New York City to Seattle are considering allowing spaces where people can inject heroin and use other drugs under supervision. The idea is that if people are going to use drugs anyway, there might as well be...
When the victims were struggling to breathe and the medics were working over them, there was no time to think about the journey of a synthetic drug as it traveled from the trash bin of a Connecticut pharmaceutical giant to clandestine overseas labs to the...
President Trump took his criticism of the criminal justice system to new heights Thursday, prompting alarm from national security and law enforcement officials who fear the president is seeking to protect himself from encroaching investigations at the expense of lasting damage to institutions, reports the...