Category: Prisoners’ Rights
New Research Examines Restrictions On Incarcerated Journalists In US Prisons
A Texas Prison Guard Placed a Woman in Isolation for Talking About Abortion
Fueled by Family Experiences with Incarceration, Black Girls Rising Seeks to Close Youth Prisons in Louisiana
New Federal Proposal Could Seize 75% of Commissary Funds Sent to Prisoners
These Men Fought White Supremacists and Got Sentenced to Over 200 Years
The Global Vigils for the Closure of Guantánamo on International Women’s Day
California Considers Giving the Incarcerated a Right to Vote
Prisoners Donating Organs to Get Time Off Raises Thorny Ethical Questions
Life Without Parole Prisoners Reignite Movement to End Mass Incarceration
[Rewind] Eddie Conway: Prisons Enable America’s Obscene Wealth
The Holidays are the Most Painful Time of the Year to be Behind Bars
Four States Voted to End Slavery — But Not Louisiana
US Private Prison Industry: Profiting From Exploitation and Suffering
Being Pregnant in Prison Is a Nightmare That Won’t Be Ended by One Bill Alone
What an Alabama Prisoners’ Strike Tells Us About Prison Labor
Despite Three Botched Executions, Alabama Plans to Kill a Fourth Man Next Month
‘Habitual Offender’ Laws Imprison Thousands for Small Crimes — Sometimes for Life
California’s Dependency on Prison Labor for Fighting Fires Must End
“Death By Incarceration”: Human Rights Groups Urge UN to Call for Abolition of Life Without Parole Sentences
Major Criminal Justice Reform is on the Docket in California
Chris Hedges on Trauma and Teaching Writing in Prison
John Kiriakou: The Triumph of “Bloody Gina,” the CIA’s Torture Queen
The Chris Hedges Report: The Long Road Home (Part 2)
The Chris Hedges Report: The Long Road Home (Part 1)
Dirty NYPD Detective Responsible for 15 False Convictions Back on the Stand as Judge Reviews 1988 Murder Conviction
‘Perverse’ Supreme Court Ruling ‘Effectively Ensures That Innocent People Will Remain Imprisoned’
UK Top Court Rejects Assange’s Request to Appeal Extradition Decision
