
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
