Harriet Clark spent a lifetime visiting her mother, an ex-Weather Underground member, in prison: ‘The US has always used family separation to destabilize’

Clark was an infant when her mother was arrested. Her debut novel asks what it’s like for children who have only ever known a parent in prison ...
WBUR

The stage adaptation of iconic 'Dog Day Afternoon' is selling out on Broadway

The play features themes including economic disparity, gender bias, and policing, as relevant today as they were more than 50 ...
Buffalo News

Attica riot figure dies in apparent accident in Canada

A controversial figure from the 1971 inmate uprising at the Attica State Correctional Facility has died in an apparent accident near an isolated village in British Columbia.

Replaying the Utah church ball game that ended in a prison riot — literally

Violence, mayhem and chess-playing hostages all elements of a wacky, behind-bars uprising that snagged national headlines, TV ...
WGRZ

6 officers injured in inmate altercation at Attica Correctional Facility

ATTICA, N.Y. — Six correction officers were injured — one of them seriously — after an altercation with an inmate inside Attica Correctional Facility, according to the correction officers union and ...
AZ Central

10 inmates still hospitalized days after Arizona prison 'riot'

A large fight at an Arizona prison left multiple inmates hurt and has led to conflicting reports about how serious it was. Ryan Thornell, director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, ...
WMAZ

12 inmates charged in Washington State Prison riot that left 4 people dead: GDC

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Corrections says 12 inmates are now facing charges in connection with a deadly riot at Washington State Prison. According to the Washington County ...