News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights


Jun 24, 2013
The First Step to Fix a Broken Prison? Set the Record Straight

Jun 21, 2013
Efforts to Close Guantánamo Must Be Accompanied By an End to Force-Feeding

Jun 20, 2013
Corrections Corporation of America Loses Four Prison Contracts This Month

Jun 20, 2013
Rights Groups to Government: Allow U.N. Torture Expert to Examine U.S. Use of Solitary Confinement

Jun 5, 2013
New Report Shines a Light on Solitary Confinement

Jun 3, 2013
Supreme Court Ruling a Blow to Genetic Privacy

May 31, 2013
Will the Supreme Court Stop Georgia from Executing an Intellectually Disabled Man?

May 30, 2013
I Was Raped at East Mississippi Correctional Facility

May 30, 2013
NEW LAWSUIT: Massive Human Rights Violations at Mississippi Prison

May 30, 2013
"Joe's Law" Gets the Boot: A Lawyer for the Plaintiffs Explains