News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights
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May 29, 2012
It鈥檚 Time to Value Public Safety over Revenge
May 25, 2012
Solitary Confinement: 鈥淢ore broken than when they went in鈥�
May 24, 2012
$4.1 Million Settlement Puts Jails on Notice: Shackling Pregnant Women is Unlawful
May 23, 2012
Treating Addiction as a Disease, not a Crime
May 21, 2012
New Federal Standards Offer Unprecedented Protections to LGBTI Prisoners
May 21, 2012
One Year Longer? Why Won鈥檛 DHS Protect Its Detainees under the Prison Rape Elimination Act Right Now?
May 21, 2012
PREA Rule: DOJ Takes First Steps to Protect Prison Rape Victims
May 17, 2012
The Shameful Index of Prison Rape - Action on PREA Can End the Violence
May 15, 2012
16 and Solitary: Texas Jails Isolate Children