Latest News What happens when you find out you just hired a ‘sex offender’? From Prison Legal News Broken Trust The Pervasive Role of Deceit in American PolicingCalifornia Court of Appeal Holds Defendant Suffering From ALS and Near Death Entitled to Compassionate ReleaseMaryland Eliminates Parole FeesEighth Circuit Holds Right to Self-Representation Is Not Forfeited Based Solely on Defendant’s Repeated Assertion of Frivolous ‘Sovereign Citizen’ ArgumentsIndiana Supreme Court Announces Proper Procedural Framework for Civil Forfeiture and Who Constitutes an ‘Owner’ From the Charles Koch Institute American prisons house more than 1.5 million individuals, an increase of more than 390 percent since 1978.