News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights


May 24, 2013
Kanye West, "New Slaves" and a Long Tradition of Locking People Up for Profit

May 21, 2013
Two Big Wins for Civil Liberties in Monday's Immigration Markup

May 16, 2013
Open Letter to the Corrections Corporation of America after 30 Years of Locking People Up for Profit

May 14, 2013
ÌÇÐÄVlogJoins Human Rights Coalition Opposing Force-Feeding at Guantánamo

May 7, 2013
Three Reasons to Join Our Protest of 30 Years of Private Prisons Today in D.C.

May 6, 2013
Two Weeks of Protests Start Tomorrow! 30 Years of For-Profit Prisons Is Nothing to Celebrate

May 1, 2013
Eighteen Months of Sometimes Deadly Screw-Ups: Ohio Must Get Out of the For-Profit Prison Business

May 1, 2013
Force-Feeding at Guantánamo Must End, As Should the Injustice Driving the Hunger Strike

Apr 30, 2013
Guantánamo Prisoner's Memoirs Offer Rare First-Person Account of Torture