Incarceration

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

Eric Kelley talks us through how he was incarcerated for a robbery and murder he did not commit, as the result of a false confession.

Vice teams up with the Innocence Project to tell the stories of recent exonerees.

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.

VICE meets Ed Forchion, also known as NJ Weedman, to see what happened when he protested marijuana legalization by selling weed in front of the New Jersey governor's office.

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.

Chief Keef opens up about his troubles with the law and his desire to change.

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.