News & Commentary about Mass Incarceration

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Mar 20, 2012

Editorial: Drug-Testing Welfare Applicants Nets Little

Mar 16, 2012

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights

Mar 9, 2012

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights March 9, 2012

Mar 8, 2012

Stop Incarceration for Profit in Your State

Mar 5, 2012

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights

Mar 2, 2012

CCA's False Advertising

Mar 1, 2012

What Do PETA and CCA Have in Common?

Feb 28, 2012

Continuing the Fight for Civil Rights and Prisoners' Rights

A painting of a prisoner in a dark cell with his back to the viewer holding on to the prison bars

Feb 27, 2012

Groundbreaking Decree in Mississippi Bans Solitary Confinement of Kids Convicted as Adults

Feb 24, 2012

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights