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Jul 3, 2013

Aaron Hernandez Is Now Locked Alone Inside a Room the Size of a Parking Spot

Aaron Hernandez Is Now Locked Alone Inside a Room the Size of a Parking Spot

Jun 27, 2013

U.S. Conference of Mayors Takes on HIV Criminalization

U.S. Conference of Mayors Takes on HIV Criminalization

Jun 24, 2013

The First Step to Fix a Broken Prison? Set the Record Straight

The First Step to Fix a Broken Prison? Set the Record Straight

Jun 21, 2013

Efforts to Close Guantánamo Must Be Accompanied By an End to Force-Feeding

Efforts to Close Guantánamo Must Be Accompanied By an End to Force-Feeding

Jun 20, 2013

Corrections Corporation of America Loses Four Prison Contracts This Month

Corrections Corporation of America Loses Four Prison Contracts This Month

Jun 20, 2013

Rights Groups to Government: Allow U.N. Torture Expert to Examine U.S. Use of Solitary Confinement

Rights Groups to Government: Allow U.N. Torture Expert to Examine U.S. Use of Solitary Confinement

Jun 5, 2013

New Report Shines a Light on Solitary Confinement

New Report Shines a Light on Solitary Confinement

Jun 3, 2013

Supreme Court Ruling a Blow to Genetic Privacy

Supreme Court Ruling a Blow to Genetic Privacy

May 31, 2013

Will the Supreme Court Stop Georgia from Executing an Intellectually Disabled Man?

Will the Supreme Court Stop Georgia from Executing an Intellectually Disabled Man?

May 30, 2013

I Was Raped at East Mississippi Correctional Facility

I Was Raped at East Mississippi Correctional Facility