Prison

Throughout US history, we have wronged people, identified the problem and in time corrected it. Slavery and prison camps are joined by a modern epidemic: Wrongfully stripping children from …

Truthout documents the human rights abuses of Guantanamo and beyond with analysis by Marjorie Cohn and reporting by Adam Hudson.

A new book's thoughtful analysis and chilling reflections on what author Shawn Griffith experienced while incarcerated is a remarkable illustration of why the US public must listen to the …

In addition to Nebraska, 16 other states have already or are currently considering repeal bills this year.

As the hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay approach their 100th day of refusing to eat this Friday, May 17, we urge President Obama to take specific steps now to …

In this Mother's Day tribute, law professor and advocate Sheila Bedi learns how ‘having a child is like letting your heart walk around outside your body.’

On May 8, 2013, Washington State governor Jay Inslee signed SHB1284, or the Children of Incarcerated Parents bill, into law.

Rather than supporting effective policing techniques that can help to prevent crime, Conservatives are throwing millions of dollars at more high-tech things, like armor and weaponry for SWAT teams, …

The Tamms Supermax prison in Illinois was designed for just one purpose: sensory deprivation.

This video is an excerpt from the documentary, American Autumn: an Occudoc — rent it or own it today. Go here. The question of whether persons convicted of a …