Prison

The legacy of structural racism is part of Angela Davis' latest book, The Meaning of Freedom. Here's an excerpt.

Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights appealed the decision of a federal court judge to dismiss a lawsuit against high-level Bush administration officials for their role in the post-9/11 …

Sabrina Jones illustrates Marc Mauer's seminal new book, Race to Incarcerate.

This month, a 30-day action campaign was launched demanding the release of Russell “Maroon” Shoatz from solitary confinement, where he has been held for over 23 consecutive years.

Desperate prisoners refusing food at Guantanamo Bay since the beginning of February have vowed to ‘strike to death,’ according to lawyers' notes obtained by Truthout.

Lynne Stewart, in the vindictive and hysterical world of the war on terror, is a martyr, says Chris Hedges.

Today, a coalition of over 175 artists, actors, athletes, elected officials and advocates, brought together by hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons and Dr. Boyce Watkins, presented an open letter to …

Across the U.S. on Thursday, street protests will support prisoners detained at the U.S. prison in Guantánamo who are engaged in a large-scale hunger strike, which began in early …

The problem of the mass incarceration of America didn't start with a single event and it won't end with one.

This morning, activist Daniel McGowan was picked up from the halfway house where he has been residing and taken into custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. McGowan, …