Latest News You are here: Resources --> Latest News What happens when you find out you just hired a ‘sex offender’? From Prison Legal News North Carolina’s “Iryna’s Law” Leads to Jail OvercrowdingMichigan Supreme Court Announces Two-Step Test for Mandatory LWOP Imposed for Pre-Aaron Felony MurderNEWS IN BRIEFConnecticut Supreme Court Holds Trial Counsel Ineffective for Failing to Challenge Misleading CSLI GeoTime VideoOhio Supreme Court Announces Postconviction DNA-Testing Orders Need Only Identify Statutory Reason to Satisfy R.C. 2953.73(D) “Reasons” Requirement From the Charles Koch Institute American prisons house more than 1.5 million individuals, an increase of more than 390 percent since 1978.