Prison

It is not draconian prison sentences for drug offenders that work, but addiction treatment.

The exodus from Egypt may have taken 40 years, but chains of slavery are far-reaching, and the struggle for justice and liberation is long.

Center for Constitutional Rights client Ghaleb Al-Bihani, a Yemeni citizen who has been held without charge at Guantanamo for over 12 years, asked the Obama administration's new Periodic Review …

Governor Rick Perry has announced that Texas will not comply with the Prison Rape Elimination Act.

Determining the “risk” level of releasing incarcerated people does not address the massive destruction of people and communities wrought by our criminal “justice” system.

Following the death of two prisoners at New York City's Rikers Island facility, there is mounting pressure on jails and prisons to reform their use of solitary confinement.

Subhankar Banerjee makes the connection between climate change and inaction on it, and other US social problems.

Goldman Sach's investment in reducing recidivism in New York City jails is an experiment with a new trend in what are called “social impact bonds.” Burning questions about who …

Solitary confinement, which involves keeping an inmate alone in a small cell from 22 to 24 hours a day, doesn't just happen in faraway places like Iran. Roughly 80,000 …

What a strange moment we're in. Prison ‘reform’ is in vogue.