Prisons

Recently obtained videos which have been exposed to the public show corrections officers using extreme force on incarcerated people suffering from various forms of mental illness.

Adolescents at the New York City jail are routinely subjected to physical abuse at the hands of guards and other inmates.

Two-year battle for bail reform culminates in comprehensive legislation that will promote justice, fairness and public safety.

Bethania Palma Markus talks with Ted Asregadoo about the spike in borderland deaths among migrants and corporate exploitation of migrant groups in detention centers.

Nationally, American prisons release the equivalent to the entire population of Memphis or Boston every year.

The fact is that Americans entering prison are already sicker and poorer than other Americans.

An interview with Nicolas Krameyer of Amnesty International France.

Crowdfunding and social media campaigns were important in gaining the temporary freedom of Jessica De Samito and Shanesha Taylor. But they are not substitutes for abolishing the prison system.

US intervention abroad in the 20th century - the forging of a US empire - claimed tens of millions of victims, inflicted untold suffering, and set back the aspirations …

While abuses inside an Alabama women's prison have made headlines, less attention has been paid to the activism and organizing by women inside.