Prisons
Paul Ryan's Poverty Plan: Good on Incarceration, Licensing, Perverse Incentives; Not So Good on Paternalism
What's worthwhile in the Wisconsin congressman's proposals, and what's not
Why Won't California Release Innocent Men from Prison?
Gov. Jerry Brown has the power to exonerate them, but he won't use it.
If Every American State Was a Country, Which Would Have the World's Highest Incarceration Rate?
Mass incarceration, nation by nation.
America's Longest War: A Film About Drug Prohibition
Hundreds of thousands of non-violent drug offenders are wasting their lives away in U.S. prisons.
A Serious Anti-Poverty Agenda Has to Include Criminal Justice Reform
Civil society vs. the law
The Most Interesting Man in Buzzfeed's Paul Ryan Profile Is Not Paul Ryan
Poverty and the right
DOJ to Attempt to Determine Just How Racist Police Are
Federal grants will be offered for more research.
What You Need To Know About Holder's Drug Sentencing Proposal and the State of America's Prison Population
Attorney general urges U.S. Sentencing Commission to back reduced sentences for some drug offenders
'Sadistic Culture of Brutality and Violence' Alleged at Cook County Jail
A federal report alleged widespread constitutional abuses in 2008
Three New Zealanders Have Spent 2+ Months in Detention in the UAE, Still Uncharged After Drug Bust
Patrick Kennedy can move there if he wants
Solitary Confinement and Its Costs
Our correctional institutions have made ever-increasing use of solitary confinement, a policy that is damaging and potentially catastrophic.
Rand Paul Urges Kentucky Lawmakers To Restore Voting Rights For Felons
Testified before a Kentucky Legislature committee
Norwegian Mass-Murderer Threatens Hunger Strike to Get Playstation 3
Anders Breivik killed 77 people
US Military Urges Karzai Not To Release 65 Prisoners
Some of the detainees are linked to attacks on Americans
Transgender Comic Held in Canadian Men's Prison Moved to Women's Prison
British stand-up comedian overstayed her visa
Eric Holder Calls For State Laws To Be Repealed So Ex-Convicts Can Vote
Says, "These restrictions are not only unnecessary and unjust, they are also counterproductive"
Obama To Sign Initiative To Keep Young Minority Men in School and Out of Jail
Don't get your hopes up, he's not ending the War on Drugs
California Given Two More Years to Fix Prison Overcrowding
This problem has been dragging on for years
American Prisoner in North Korea Worried About His Health
Kenneth Bae moved back into labor camp
Two L.A. Deputies Indicted for Assaulting Handcuffed Inmate
Then wrote reports claiming he attacked them
Jails Signing Inmates Up for Obamacare to Pass Costs to Feds
Supporters argue it helps the criminals and reduces recidivism by giving them health coverage
