Prisons

Policy

Lawsuit Says High Prison Temperatures Constitute Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Lucy Steigerwald | 8.1.2012 4:05 PM

Policy

Man Gets 125 Years for Gun Theft

Christopher Nichols has received a sentence almost a century longer than those who used the gun in a murder.

Reason Staff | 8.1.2012 2:44 PM

Civil Liberties

Zimbabwe Thief Asks For Life in Prison

Lovemore Manyika says that he would prefer incarceration to life outside prison walls.

Reason Staff | 7.31.2012 8:04 AM

Politics

Obama Administration Will Review Clarence Aaron's Commutation Petition and the Clemency Process

Jacob Sullum | 7.19.2012 12:13 PM

Policy

Travis Jones Spent Three Months in a St. Louis Jail Due to Mistaken Identity; the Real Culprit Was Behind Bars the Whole Time

Mike Riggs | 7.10.2012 1:08 PM

Politics

Obama Scaled Back the War on Drugs, and I Missed It

Jacob Sullum | 7.6.2012 2:05 AM

Politics

Prison Rape Prevention: How Much Should It Cost?

Scott Shackford | 6.27.2012 6:47 PM

Politics

Is Solitary Confinement a Form of Torture? Q&A with journalist James Ridgeway

Jim Epstein and Nick Gillespie | 6.25.2012 12:14 PM

Policy

Photography Is a Crime: Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Eight-Year Sentence for Taking Pictures of Legal Sex

Jacob Sullum | 6.25.2012 2:20 AM

Policy

How to Fix Halfway Houses in Jersey: Stop Making More Criminals

Calvin Thompson | 6.22.2012 3:37 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Says 'Pipeline' Crack Defendants Should Benefit From Shorter Sentences

Jacob Sullum | 6.22.2012 12:34 PM

Policy

Not Being a Felon Is Not Enough to Avoid Going to Federal Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Gun

Scott Shackford | 6.14.2012 5:58 PM

Politics

Jail Time is on the Increase for Identical Crimes

Matthew Feeney | 6.6.2012 5:09 PM

Politics

Politico Covers Wiki's Mild Solyndra Brouhaha, Ignores Wiki's Strange Kimberlin Kibosh

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.1.2012 1:45 PM

Policy

How Charlie Rangel's Outrage Shifted From Drugs to Drug Penalties

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 8:31 PM

Politics

The Lighter Side of Electronic Monitoring

History shows the benefits of positive reinforcement for Ankleted-Americans.

Greg Beato | 5.24.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Dharun Ravi Gets 30-Day Jail Sentence, Plus Probation

Jacob Sullum | 5.21.2012 12:50 PM

Policy

Prison Study: Equal Sexual Misconduct from Inmates, Staff

Scott Shackford | 5.17.2012 7:39 PM

Politics

How a Poster Boy for Commutation Falls Through the Cracks

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2012 1:39 PM

Policy

New York's Highest Court Says Merely Looking at Kiddie Porn Is Not a State Crime

Jacob Sullum | 5.9.2012 6:09 PM

Policy

How Dharun Ravi's Prosecutors Turned a Minor, Nonviolent Offense Into a Felony Subject to a 10-Year Prison Sentence

Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2012 2:50 PM

Policy

20 Years for Standing Her Ground

A Florida woman faces prison after firing a warning shot to scare off an abusive husband.

Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

'Shock Artist' Could Get 25 Years for Offending Federal Prosecutors

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2012 12:24 PM

Policy

Colorado Man Exonerated After Serving 18 Years for Murder

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2012 12:08 PM

Policy

20 Years for Standing Her Ground Against a Violent Husband

Jacob Sullum | 4.25.2012 1:47 PM

Politics

Russian President Pardons Just One Man Off List of 32 Cases Submitted by Opposition

Ed Krayewski | 4.23.2012 10:59 AM

Policy

How Can Overcharging Be Ethical?

Jacob Sullum | 4.16.2012 4:47 PM

Politics

Bronx Legislators Push To Hold Incarcerated Parents Closer to Children

Ed Krayewski | 4.6.2012 3:37 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Upholds Pre-Jail Strip Searches for Everyone, No Matter How Minor the Offense

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 4:50 PM

Policy

Paul Krugman: 'Stand Your Ground' Laws Increase Incarceration by Reducing It

Jacob Sullum | 3.26.2012 1:59 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Says Defendants Have a Right to Effective Counsel in Deciding Whether to Reject a Plea Bargain

Jacob Sullum | 3.21.2012 5:11 PM

Policy

Dharun Ravi's Hateless Hate Crime

A jury blames Dharun Ravi for his dead roommate's imagined feelings.

Jacob Sullum | 3.21.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Does Tyler Clementi's Suicide Prove Dharun Ravi Is a Bigot?

Jacob Sullum | 3.20.2012 4:42 PM

Policy

Did Dharun Ravi Commit a Hateless Hate Crime?

Jacob Sullum | 3.16.2012 4:25 PM

Policy

Bill Bennett Takes Drug Policy Advice From Bruce Springsteen

Jacob Sullum | 3.15.2012 2:04 PM

Policy

Is Dharun Ravi Guilty of 'Bias Intimidation'?

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2012 12:11 PM

Politics

Ordeal by Trial: Sowing Chaos With the Sixth Amendment

Jacob Sullum | 3.12.2012 2:52 PM

Policy

Dharun Ravi's Thought Crimes

The Tyler Clementi case shows how hate crime laws punish opinion.

Jacob Sullum | 2.29.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

No Sex Tape, No Outing in Tyler Clementi Case

Jacob Sullum | 2.28.2012 4:31 PM

Policy

Montana Medical Marijuana Providers Get What Passes for Lenience Under Our Drug Laws

Jacob Sullum | 2.20.2012 11:55 AM

Politics

Afghan Detainees Are in a Lose, Lose, Lose Situation

Julie Ershadi | 2.16.2012 12:20 PM

Policy

The State Squeal of Vermont

Jacob Sullum | 2.3.2012 10:57 AM

Politics

Lawsuit Alleges NYPD Harassed Transgender Woman, Kept Her Chained for 28 Hours over Minor Subway Violation

Lucy Steigerwald | 2.2.2012 5:41 PM

Policy

The New Yorker Has a Sobering Look at the Whys of America's Prison-Industrial Complex

Lucy Steigerwald | 1.26.2012 4:28 PM

Politics

Rick Santorum Worries About the Drug War's Racial Impact

Jacob Sullum | 1.17.2012 1:21 PM

Politics

Rick Santorum Does Not Know Drug Offenders Have Families

Jacob Sullum | 1.6.2012 12:10 PM