Prisons

The US criminal justice system has transformed into a tool of the national security state.

Thanks to the psychiatric drug revolution, inmates in our correctional facilities recieve drugs instead of therapy.

Thanks to the psychiatric drug revolution, inmates in our correctional facilities recieve drugs instead of therapy.

Equal justice under law? Not according to Mike Lofgren.

From shackling to sterilization, thousands of incarcerated people are struggling to maintain control over their own reproductive health.

A three-tiered justice system has Congress churning out new bills to keep the prison industry booming.

Chris Hedges speaks with two longtime prisoner advocates about the shame of America's gulags.

Closing Cages: People Power Helps Stop Youth Incarceration

With the number of youth behind bars at an all-time low, are more youth jails really necessary?

A control unit prison is one in which every prisoner is locked away in their own individual box about 23 hours a day under conditions of severe sensory deprivation.