News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights


Jan 4, 2013
Refusing to Disappear: Prisoners at Tamms and their Families Conducted a Sustained Advocacy Campaign to Shut this "Supermax" Down

Jan 4, 2013
Tamms "Supermax" Prison, with its Inhumane and Ridiculously Expensive Solitary Confinement Practices, is Officially a Thing of the Past!

Dec 21, 2012
Did President Obama Just Open the Window to Smart Criminal Justice Reform?

Dec 21, 2012
There is so Much More to us Than Just Being HIV-Positive

Dec 18, 2012
UN Prisoners’ Rights Meeting: US Puts the Brakes on Progress

Dec 18, 2012
Falling Behind: The Human Rights Implications of Solitary Confinement in the United States

Dec 12, 2012
US at UN Prisoners’ Rights Meeting: Progress, but Still Wrong on Solitary Confinement

Dec 11, 2012
U.S. Must Support Progressive Changes to Prison Human Rights Standards