Cadillac CT6 V-Sport wants to take prisoners with 550-hp 4.2L TT V8

With the refresh of the Cadillac CT6 for 2019, Cadillac welcomes the first CT6 V-Sport as well as a new trim strategy. The changes at the front for the CT6 lineup don’t appear substantial viewed head-on, one needs a side view to appreciate the greater three-dimensionality. Thinner headlights and a thinner bumper above a slightly […]

Should We Make Prisoners Work for Free?

OZY’s electrifying prime-time TV show,Third Rail With OZY, is continuing to serve upprovocative questions each week, and we want you to weigh in with your thoughts. This week:Should we make prisoners work for free?Emailthirdrail@ozy.comwith your thoughts and we might feature your answer next week.Missed the debates from last season? Catch uphere. When U.S. politicians talk […]

‘Treated worse than prisoners’: Submissive wife school shut down in China

Published time: 3 Dec, 2017 13:46 Chinese authorities have closed down controversial “women’s virtue” courses in the country’s Liaoning province. The female students were reportedly taught the “traditional” value of being submissive to their husbands. The school in question, run by the Fushun Traditional Values Association in Liaoning province in the north-east of China, was […]

15 prisoners have convictions thrown out in Chicago over crooked cops

Fifteen men who were framed by a corrupt team of cops in Chicago have had their convictions thrown out en masse, leading to calls for hundreds of other cases linked to the team led by disgraced former officer Ronald Watts to be investigated. The 15 had their convictions quashed Thursday, and hours later, seven cops […]

Chilling legacy: RT films ISIS cells where ideological prisoners were tortured

RT Exclusive Published time: 6 Oct, 2017 10:05 Edited time: 6 Oct, 2017 10:09 RT crew has travelled to Syrian Hama province to film the chilling aftermath of Islamic State’s rule, and filmed torture cells where jihadists kept and mutilated those who refused to follow their ideology. Read more RT Arabic talked to Syrian soldiers […]

When Prisoners Are a ‘Revenue Opportunity’

A new 384-bed jail opened in Lancaster, Ohio, earlier this summer. The building, which serves Fairfield County, replaces three smaller, antiquated facilities with a single modern one. The jail has high-tech security gadgetry, up-to-date living areas, and a controversial innovation that in recent years has spread across the country: video visitation. Video visitation is a […]

Great escape: 4 prisoners dig way to freedom from Bali prison

Four prisoners dug their way out of Bali’s Kerobokan jail via a tunnel and remain at large. Prison guards discovered the men were missing on Monday morning. A 40cm-diameter tunnel was found behind the jail’s clinic, close to a guard tower. READ MORE: Nearly 1,000 inmates escape prison after militant attack in Congo The men include […]

Prisoners lose again as court wipes out inmate calling price caps

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Image Source) A federal appeals court today struck down price caps on intrastate phone calls made by prisoners. Inmates will thus have to continue paying high prices to make phone calls to family members, friends, and lawyers. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sided with […]

A likely shift in the mortgage market is creating ‘prisoners’ in housing

Flickr/Renaud Camus The housing market’s comeback after the financial crisis has turned out to be a mixed bag. Prices have recovered to pre-housing-crisis levels. But with slow wage growth, that means there are fewer affordable houses available to buyers, especially in bigger cities.  On the surface, the price trend ought to be good news for existing […]