News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights
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Sep 24, 2014
Three Years in a Cage. No Charges and No Lawyer.
Sep 23, 2014
This Is What Happens When the Secretary of Defense is in Charge of Your Medical Care
Jul 10, 2014
I Was 16 and in Solitary Before I Ever Even Went to Trial
Jul 3, 2014
CCA Continues to Cite Misleading Study It Funded
Jun 18, 2014
Preying on the Poor: For-Profit Probation Edition
Jun 18, 2014
Vee Isn't the Scariest Villain in Orange Is the New Black. This Is.
Jun 6, 2014
Dee's Triumph: One of the Most Important Trans Victories You Never Heard Of
Jun 5, 2014
Orange Is the New Black Is Filmed at a Real Jail Flooded with Sewage
May 28, 2014
The U.S. Government Treats Detained Immigrants Like Slaves