Prison

Leon argues that had the prosecution stuck to the basic elements of the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin confrontation, Zimmerman would be back in jail awaiting sentencing.

Producer Claire Schoen meets with nine formerly incarcerated persons about their experiences in solitary confinement.

Paul Redd, a plaintiff in the Center for Constitutional Rights lawsuit challenging long-term solitary confinement, was sent to the SHU for political organizing. He talks about being cut off …

Attorney Michael Ratner on the 30,000 California prisoners on hunger-strike and their solidarity with prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to the occupied territories of Palestine.

Suffering from severe medical problems, 71-year-old George Ruiz is challenging long-term solitary confinement.

Prisoners in Pelican Bay State Prison's Security Housing Unit (SHU) are isolated for at least twenty-two and a half hours a day in cramped, concrete, windowless cells. They are …

Luis Esquivel: 'We want an opportunity to be able to live again, have a visit with our loved ones, give them a hug, shake their hand, like a human …

Todd Ashker describes how solitary confinement at Pelican Bay prison deprived him of any relationship with his mother.

Adam Hudson: Despite potential closing of Gitmo prison, the culture of indefinite detention is institutionalized in the military.

Working with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Truthout offers a series of profiles of prisoners on hunger strike at Pelican Bay.