prison

Im Gegensatz zu den brutalen und überfüllten Haftanstalten im Rest Südamerikas bietet das Punta de Rieles seinen Insassen ungewöhnlich viele Freiheiten. Zu Besuch in einem Gefängnis, aus dem niemand ausbrechen will.

Der Filmemacher James Burns hat zwei Jahre lang den Ex-Häftling Jason Bobbitt begleitet. Der fünffache Vater bemüht sich um ehrliche Arbeit, landet aber erneut im Gefängnis.

On this episode of 'MUNCHIES Presents, we head to the Bollate jail to visit a critically acclaimed restaurant located inside a medium-security prison.

On December 12, 2016, James Burns voluntarily entered into solitary confinement in La Paz County Jail, where he will stay for up to 30 days. VICE is documenting the stay.

We talk to Kingsley Rowe at his home about probation reform.

We talk to Thomas Dart, Cook County Sherif, about mental illness in prisons.

VICE News spends time with a man with a felony conviction in New York who is fighting to get his voting rights back.

On today's episode of Daily VICE, we meet Jason Coghlan, a reformed British criminal who now works as a legal fixer in Spain.

Henry Langston joins a group therapy session, where inmates talk about their looming release dates and their biggest challenges in maintaining sobriety.

The U.S. is the only first-world country that commercializes bail. We examine the for-profit criminal justice and explore the emerging alternatives.

Brazil is home to some of the biggest pageants in the world like Miss World and Miss Universe. Lesser known, however, is Miss Max—a beauty competition at a prison.

We also meet Colombia's guerrilla fighters, go courtside at the Davis Cup, and catch up with party monster Michael Alig.