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Manning Sentenced To 35 Years In Prison For Leaks

Army Pvt. Bradley Manning has been sentenced to 35 years in prison by the military judge who convicted him of multiple offenses for providing classified documents to the website Wikileaks.

Stephen Papa was sentenced to 22 days in jail, not because of his original offense, but because he couldn't pay the court fines and fees.

Supreme Court Ruling Not Enough To Prevent Debtors Prisons

In 1983, the high court ruled judges can't jail people because they're too poor to pay their fines and fees. But an NPR investigation found judges still use jail time as punishment for nonpayment.

Your Call: How do the media shape public views on prisons?

On the August 21st edition of Your Call, it’s our Friday media roundtable. This week, we’ll continue our week-long series on the US prison system by…

Could Prison Spell The End Of The Jackson Dynasty?

Former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to prison for illegal use of campaign funds. Is this the end of the Jackson legacy or could he make a comeback? The Barbershop guys weigh in.

Your Call: Who’s profiting from the US prison system?

On the August 18th edition of Your Call, we’ll continue our weeklong series about the prison industrial complex by discussing the growing prison…

Hunger Strike Raises Debate About Force-Feeding In Israeli Prisons

After a Palestinian prisoner's hunger strike, Israel's parliament passed a law permitting the force-feeding of prisoners to keep them alive, but doctors made it clear they wouldn't participate

Officials investigate the scene of a prison transport bus crash in Penwell, Texas on Wednesday. Law enforcement officials said the bus carrying prisoners and corrections officers fell from an overpass in West Texas and crashed onto train tracks below, killing at least 10 people.

10 Dead After Texas Prison Bus Crashes Into A Train

The bus hit the train near a town in West Texas. Eight inmates and two correctional officers were killed. The bus was transporting inmates from Abilene to El Paso.

Scholar Says Prison Uprisings Usually Come After Basic Needs Aren't Met

Prof. Heather Ann Thompson talks about the inmate unrest following a deadly prison uprising in Delaware that left a corrections officer dead last week.

Invited by Oxfam, resettled refugees Eiman Ali, Ghassan Shehadeh and Uyen Nguyen enter President Trump's childhood home in Queens, N.Y.

Refugees Invited By Charity Make Themselves At Home In Trump's Childhood Abode

Oxfam brought four refugees to tour Trump's boyhood home in Queens, N.Y., which had been available for rent through Airbnb, to make a point about immigration.

PVt. Chelsea Manning, formerly named Bradley, was convicted last year of sending classified documents to anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. In this 2010 photo, Manning was dressed as a woman. The soldier has asked for hormone therapy and to be able to live as a woman.

Manning Could Move To Civilian Prison For Hormone Therapy

The Pentagon is working on a prison transfer for convicted WikiLeaks source Pvt. Chelsea Manning, formerly named Bradley, who has said she wants to live as a woman.

Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic celebrates winning gold in the ladies' snowboard parallel giant slalom at the Pyeongchang Olympic Games Saturday.

Ester Ledecka Makes History, Winning Olympic Gold In Both Snowboarding And Skiing

A week ago, the 22-year-old unexpectedly won gold in the women's Alpine super-G skiing. Now, she's won gold in the women's snowboarding parallel giant slalom.

For Two Years, He Smuggled Photos Of Torture Victims Out Of Syria

The ex-military photographer known only as Caesar took some of the images, which show thousands of dead regime opponents. Syria says they're fake; U.S. officials say they may be proof of war crimes.

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