Incarceration

VICE en Español spent the day at Punta de Rieles, talking to inmates and learning about Uruguay's progressive "open" prison.

Vice teams up with the Innocence Project to tell the stories of recent exonerees. In this episode, Malcolm tells us how a negligent lawyer failed to prevent him from serving time for a crime he did not commit.

Most people are introduced to forensic science through TV and film, and because of this we have come to see forensic techniques as foolproof methods for solving crimes. But many forensic science techniques were not developed by scientists.

VICE News visited a Colorado prison as longtime inmates used virtual reality for the first time.

Overcrowded and underfunded, Luzira is home to Uganda’s only maximum-security prison--but also an elaborate soccer league.

Krishna investigates how Bernard Noble's two joints led to 13 years in prison.

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.

VICE Australia spent the night shift with a woman who plays a crucial role in protecting the legal rights and safety of aboriginal people who've got arrested.