Prisons

As women of color who identify as feminist and who engage online, we are implicated in this conversation.

Vermont and West Virginia recently introduced transparency and accountability legislation aimed at protecting taxpayersand putting them back in charge of their public services.

West Virginia legislators are currently faced with deciding if the state should ship prisoners across state lines to for-profit private prisons.

A social justice activist who married a prisoner and former Black Panther tells Truthout that after seven months they've only been allowed by the prison system to hold hands.

By 2030, the prison population age 55 and over is predicted to be 4,400 percent more than what it was in 1981. Some state and federal prison systems look …

It's been 12 years since the prison at Guantanamo Bay opened, and the fundamental issues of indefinite detention and perpetual war remain.

The department has found alarming rates of abuse by staff on youngsters in custody.

For many prisoners, release does not equate with freedom and can be the beginning of new misadventure, further persecution and incarceration.

Slovakia has made a “profound humanitarian gesture.”

While there have been substantive inquiries into the wrongdoing of investment banks and auditors, those calling for jail time are often dismissed as irrational, driven by blood lust, anger, …