News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights


Feb 28, 2013
For Kids With Parents Behind Bars, The Work of Black History Month Is Incomplete

Feb 21, 2013
Sponsoring a Florida College Football Team Can鈥檛 Whitewash a Private Prison Company鈥檚 Atrocious Record

Feb 14, 2013
Three Questions Senator Durbin and the DOJ Need to Ask about Federal Solitary

Feb 13, 2013
New York Prisons: A Human Rights Crisis in Our Own Backyard

Feb 8, 2013
Private Prison Company Celebrates Black History Month -- Wait, What?!

Feb 4, 2013
States Should Run Screaming From the CCA to Avoid Dangerous and Disgusting Prisons

Jan 29, 2013
Happy Birthday to the Corrections Corporation of America? Thirty Years of Banking on Bondage Leaves Little to Celebrate

Jan 28, 2013
If You Thought 鈥淭he Game鈥 Was Terrifying, Consider the 鈥淗ole鈥 Where Michael Douglas鈥 Son is Currently Locked Alone

Jan 16, 2013
In California, an End to the Absolutely Devastating Practice of Locking Kids in Isolation in Juvenile Facilities May Be In Sight

Jan 9, 2013
A Misguided Ruling in the WikiLeaks Case: 23 Hours a Day Alone in a Cell is Always Solitary Confinement