News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights

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Jan 25, 2018

Pennsylvania Imposes Permanent Solitary on Prisoners Facing Death

Jan 11, 2018

How Poor Health Care Turned Walter Jordan’s Prison Sentence Into a Death Sentence

Jan 10, 2018

New Jersey Prisons Reverse Course on Banning ‘The New Jim Crow’ After ACLU of New Jersey Letter

Aug 16, 2017

Overcrowding in Nebraska’s Prisons Is Causing a Medical and Mental Health Care Crisis

The perimeter of the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, New Jersey.

Jun 2, 2017

We Need School in Prison, and States Must Take the Lead

Mar 3, 2017

A Private Prison Already Failed This Texas County. And Now Officials Want It Back?

Jan 26, 2017

I Was a Child, But My Prison Guards Treated Me Like a Dog in Solitary Confinement

Jan 25, 2017

I’m Paralyzed From the Collarbone Down, and My Time in Prison Revealed a System That Robs Prisoners of Their Rights and Dignity

James Burns endures voluntary solitary confinement.

Jan 20, 2017

Will the Momentum to Stop Solitary Grind to a Halt Under Trump?

Jan 12, 2017

Prisoners With Physical Disabilities Are Forgotten And Neglected in America