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Postcards From the County
A music program for incarcerated men at Pittsburgh Institution in Canada changes lives and perspectives.
A Victory Over Justice System’s Failure: Wrongly Convicted Brothers Freed After 31 Years in Prison
Two African-American half-brothers have been exonerated of rape and murder after more than 30 years behind bars in North Carolina.
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Former Prisoner: “Orange Is The New Black” Is Not Funny
I know what “real” prison is like.
Government Surveillance Undermines Attorney-Client Privilege
The government's practice of monitoring attorney-client communications over prison email systems was on display in two New York cases this summer when prosecutors argued that inmates wanting to speak …
How Often Do Wrongful Convictions Involve Black Defendants?
How have wrongful convictions historically been broken down by race?
Justice (?) for Renisha McBride
Ted Wafer, convicted of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Renisha McBride, is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 3. He faces a maximum of life in …
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“Government’s Arsenal to Destroy Revolutionaries”: Political Imprisonment Persists
In his book “The Struggle Within,” about political prisoners who are locked up for revealing what's wrong with the United States, author Dan Berger shows how incarceration serves as …
“Stop Fearing Our Children”: Why Juvenile Incarceration Needs to Go
In this interview, Nell Bernstein, author of “Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison,” takes on the question: Why are we locking up children at all?
European Court Finds CIA Interrogation Techniques “Amounted to Torture“
The European Court of Human Rights concludes that so-called enhanced interrogation techniques - specifically approved by John Yoo and Jay Bybee for use by the CIA on Abu Zubaydah …
Videos Show Brutal Treatment of Prisoners With Mental Illness
Recently obtained videos which have been exposed to the public show corrections officers using extreme force on incarcerated people suffering from various forms of mental illness.