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Prison
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Correcting Unfair Sentencing Laws
The government should stop locking up nonviolent drug offenders for decades.
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“On the Draft”: How Prisoners Suffer During and After Prison Transfers
The incarcerated get little or no warning when they're transferred and endure harrowing journeys.
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Mental Illness and Jails: Race Is Left Out of the Equation
Efforts to address the over-incarceration of people living with mental illness often overlook the crucial component of race.
Justice Alito Defends Lethal Injection Expert Who Did His Research on Drugs.com
The expert ended up prompting a back-and-forth between Supreme Court justices, who narrowly upheld use of a lethal injection drug.
Unlikely Communities: Breaking the Alienation of Incarceration
Women in prison band together in many creative ways to confront the system that aims to divide them.
Torture Is Already Illegal, So Why “Ban” It?
Torture is already illegal under US and international law, but it continues in the form of government-authorized abuses.
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People Convicted of Felonies Must Be Granted the Vote
I am a felon, and in prison, and even when I am released, I might never be allowed to vote again.
Understanding the Human Cost of Imprisonment
Even in the absence of acute abuses, imprisonment's cumulative effects still constitute cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment.
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California’s Prop. 47 Reduces Prison Sentences but Won’t End Mass Incarceration
Activists say Proposition 47's release of some prisoners is just a start to confronting mass incarceration.
From Solitary to the Street: Coping With Freedom After Years in Prison Isolation
Former Black Panther Albert Woodfox has been in solitary for over 40 years.