Prisons
A Welcome Softening of California's Tough-on-Crime Approach
Stay tuned. If Proposition 47 passes, it will be another sign that the days are over of winning political points by promising to execute teens.
Rikers Teen Inmate Dies in Agony After Officials Ignore Torn Artery for Months
Eventually, a doctor wrote him a prescription for hand cream.
Politicians Deny Compensation to Man Wrongfully Incarcerated for 11 Years
Buckley will file a lawsuit against the state seeking fair compensation.
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
