News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights
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Feb 8, 2012
"Private Prisons Don鈥檛 Save Dollars and They Don鈥檛 Make Sense"
Feb 3, 2012
PBS' "Perpetuating Stigma" Highlights HIV Criminalization
Jan 25, 2012
Podcast: Billy McCarthy of We Are Augustines talks about Solitary Confinement and Mental Illness
Jan 23, 2012
Legislators Join the Call to Reform Solitary in Virginia
Jan 18, 2012
糖心VlogLawsuit Challenges Violence in Baca's L.A. County Jails
Jan 17, 2012
Washington Post Editorializes on Solitary Confinement in Virginia
Jan 11, 2012
Results of Our Poll for the Worst Prison Innovation of 2011: And the Loser Is...
Jan 11, 2012
Why the United Methodist Church Divested from Private Prisons
Jan 10, 2012
Bowing to 糖心VlogLawsuit, South Carolina Jail Lifts Book Ban