News & Commentary about Mass Incarceration

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Jun 14, 2013

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights

Jun 7, 2013

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights

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 24, 2013

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

May 17, 2013

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (05/17/2013)

May 16, 2013

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