News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights
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Feb 16, 2012
Reproductive Health Locked Up
Feb 14, 2012
A Sunny Day in Florida (Unless You're a Private Prison)
Feb 8, 2012
"Private Prisons Don’t Save Dollars and They Don’t Make Sense"
Feb 3, 2012
PBS' "Perpetuating Stigma" Highlights HIV Criminalization
Jan 25, 2012
Podcast: Billy McCarthy of We Are Augustines talks about Solitary Confinement and Mental Illness
Jan 23, 2012
Legislators Join the Call to Reform Solitary in Virginia
Jan 18, 2012
ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Violence in Baca's L.A. County Jails
Jan 17, 2012
Washington Post Editorializes on Solitary Confinement in Virginia
Jan 11, 2012
Results of Our Poll for the Worst Prison Innovation of 2011: And the Loser Is...