News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights


Jan 10, 2018
New Jersey Prisons Reverse Course on Banning ‘The New Jim Crow’ After ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of New Jersey Letter

Aug 16, 2017
Overcrowding in Nebraska’s Prisons Is Causing a Medical and Mental Health Care Crisis

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

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

Jan 10, 2017
James Burns Chose to Go Back Into Solitary Confinement for 30 Days, and He Livestreamed His Experience to Show the World Its Cruelty

Dec 5, 2016
President Obama, The Time Is Now to #FreeChelsea. She Deserves Her Freedom.