News Analysis | In El Salvador, 17 Women Imprisoned for Miscarriage Await Pardon Seventeen women remain imprisoned in El Salvador, charged with homicide, after suffering a miscarriage or other child delivery complication. By Danica Jorden , Truthout December 19, 2014 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Stickup Kid Alonza Thomas talks about being incarcerated at the age of 16. By Frontline , PBS December 17, 2014 Truthout
News Analysis | Arizona Opens New $50 Million Supermax Prison; New Report Denounces State’s Use of Solitary Confinement In written testimony, an individual describes the conditions of confinement as “horrendous.” By Lisa Dawson , SolitaryWatch December 16, 2014 Truthout
Op-Ed | Eight Ways to Support Protests Against the Criminal Punishment System, if You Can’t Get Out on the Street Organizing is a longer-term commitment that isn't always visible, glamorous or fun. By Victoria Law , WagingNonviolence December 14, 2014 Truthout
Review | Dan Berger Illustrates Centrality of Prison to Civil Rights Struggle Author Dan Berger shows how prison and carceral violence fit into structural US racism and the Civil Rights movements of the 1960s in ‘Captive Nation.’ By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout December 13, 2014 Truthout
News Analysis | Convicted With No Evidence by an All-White Jury, Black Community Leader Rev. Edward Pinkney Faces Life in Prison Rev. Edward Pinkney faces life in prison on charges many claim are trumped up. By Victoria Collier & Ben-Zion Ptashnik , Truthout December 12, 2014 Truthout
News Analysis | Faith, Inc. and Criminal Justice Reform Do faith-based programs work better than programs sponsored by the government or secular community-based organizations? By Kay Whitlock , CriticalMassProgress December 11, 2014 Truthout
News Analysis | Prop 47, Immigration Reform and More: The Contradictory Road of “Reforming” Mass Incarceration Mass incarceration has landed on the political agenda at both the national and local levels. By James Kilgore , Truthout December 10, 2014 Truthout
News Analysis | Why Texas Is Shutting Prison Doors Something remarkable is happening in the Texan criminal justice system: Texan authorities are closing prisons. By s. e. smith , Care2 December 7, 2014 Truthout
News | Why Is California Keeping Kelly Savage in Prison for a Crime She Didn’t Commit? Expert testimony about domestic violence was not included during her trial. By Victoria Law , Truthout November 29, 2014 Truthout