VR headsets as ‘hope machines’: Devices offer California inmates respite, practical experience

A nonprofit uses VR headsets to offer inmates practical scenarios like job interviews alongside travel experiences, providing ...

VR headsets are ‘hope machines’ inside California prisons, offering escape and practical experience

Prisoners are now taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales such as Thailand. No passport required, just a virtual ...

Inside the women’s prison where violent male inmates have their way

A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child ...
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Uncovering the Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment is possibly the most famous psychological experiment of all time, an insane role-playing game gone horribly wrong thanks to nylon stockings, fire extinguishers, and a ...
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25 Films That Intentionally Spoil Other Films

In an odd twist of fate, this one is actually real life as portrayed in a movie, spoiling another movie. And that’s because ...

Craig Haney: Prison methods are as bad as you’ve heard, and spilling onto the streets

I was one of the researchers in the well-known Stanford prison experiment in 1971, demonstrating the destructive dynamics ...
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Court orders release of prominent Turkish journalist from prison pending appeal

A Turkish court has ordered the release of journalist Fatih Altayli from prison while he appeals his conviction for allegedly threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Altayli, a veteran journalist ...
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Prison methods are as bad as you’ve heard, and spilling onto the streets

Based on a six-year investigation and contraband cellphone footage that courageous incarcerated men supplied from inside one of America’s most dangerous and dysfunctional prison systems, filmmakers ...