News & Commentary about Mass Incarceration
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May 25, 2012
Solitary Confinement: “More broken than when they went in”
May 21, 2012
Seeing Is Believing: Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Is Possible
May 21, 2012
New Federal Standards Offer Unprecedented Protections to LGBTI Prisoners
May 21, 2012
One Year Longer? Why Won’t DHS Protect Its Detainees under the Prison Rape Elimination Act Right Now?
May 21, 2012
PREA Rule: DOJ Takes First Steps to Protect Prison Rape Victims
May 17, 2012
The Shameful Index of Prison Rape - Action on PREA Can End the Violence
May 11, 2012
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
May 10, 2012
ACLU v. CCA: The Private Prison Debate Challenge