Prisons
Prison Rape: The Data
One nugget: "most of those who commit sexual abuse in detention are corrections staff, not inmates."
Herman Wallace, Released Member of 'Angola Three,' Dies at 71
Freed after judge overruled conviction
South Carolina, Alabama End Practice of Segregating HIV-Positive Inmates
Last states to do so
Federal Judge Rules Dying Member of "Angola Three" Didn't Get Fair Trial in 1974, Orders Release
Spent decades in solitary
Send a New York City Criminal to College Instead and Save Money
The Big Apple pays a ton to keep its inmates locked down, and some are trying to disguise where the real costs are
Jailed Hunger-Striking Pussy Riot Member in Hospital
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is on the seventh day of a hunger strike
Manning Lawyer: Gender Issues Being Addressed in Prison
Hoping the military will allow hormone therapy
Third Maryland CO Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Importing Drugs, Other Contraband to Prison
Other two also became pregnant by the inmate they assisted
Member of Pussy Riot Moved to Isolation Cell
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who has begun a hunger strike in jail, was reportedly moved for her own safety
Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strike Declared Over
Numbers have significantly dropped, according to government
UK Prison Service Considers Banning Cigarettes in English, Welsh Prisons
Likely to transform cigarettes from currency to contraband
Young NYC Man Spent Five Years in Jail Waiting for Murder Trial and Was Acquitted
Thanks to court delays
Ohio Prison Guards Skipped Rounds, Falsified Logs on Day of Inmate's Suicide
Not Ariel Castro -- another suicide by condemned prisoner
Calif. Officials Seek Extension to Reduce Prison Population
Determined unconstitutionally crowded
Japanese Prison Adopts Mascot to Improve Image
Want to focus on the rehabilitative aspect of their reputation
California Prisoners End Hunger Strike
Two legislators have agreed to look into the conditions inmates are kept in
Ariel Castro Lawyer Concerned Client's Psychological Health Ignored
Said he asked for an evaluation of Castro multiple times before the Cleveland kidnapper committed suicide
Four Prisons in England To Close as Plans For "Super-Prison" Are Revealed
New prison set to open in 2017
Chinese Man Who Died While Being Interrogated Was Drowned, Claims State-Run Newspaper
Yu Qiyi was held in a tub of icy water
National Prison Rape Audit to Be Led by Prison Workers' Group
That doesn't seem very independent
Chelsea Manning's Lawyer Says She's Doing Well in Prison
Plans to meet with her and Fort Leavenworth leadership to discuss hormone therapy
Bradley Manning Is Now Chelsea Manning
Confirms intent to live as a woman moving forward in prison
Mother Forced To Kill Her Own Baby in North Korean Prison
Former inmate told a U.N. panel the mother was ordered to drown her baby
California May Force-Feed Hunger-Striking Prisoners
Officials will focus on those who signed "do not resuscitate" orders
Former Missouri Jailers Get Probation After Admitting to Arranging Prison Fights
No getting locked in a cage and supervised by sadists for them
Missouri Department of Corrections Ban Economist Issue Over Picture of KKK Member Holding Noose
Could cause a riot they said; issue also included an article on prison reform
Hunger Strike at California Prison Almost at Six Week Mark
Dozens of inmates are in hospital or prison infirmaries
Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Doesn't Hold Grudge for Obama Falsely Blaming Him for Benghazi Attack
Thinks blame was irresponsible
Eric Holder's Prison Break
The attorney general's criticism of mass incarceration and mandatory minimums is belated but welcome.
Obama DOJ Also to Back Mandatory Minimum Reform Bill "Similar" to Rand Paul's
Senate Judiciary Chair Patrick Leahy and Republican Rand Paul already introduced a bill to reform mandatory minimum sentencing
Eric Holder to Announce Phasing Out of Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Non-Violent Drug Offenders
Because prison overcrowding
Analysis: Calif. Gov. Brown's Prison Problem of His Own Making
Encouraged mass incarceration during his first terms as governor
