"'We've been tossed into the societal refuse heap. It's the landfill of humanity.'" It was 2013, and Daletha Hayden was reading aloud from an open letter written by her son. Those were dark days. Ian...
California has agreed to end its controversial practice of indefinite solitary confinement of former gang leaders. After a settlement was reached Tuesday, the California Department of Corrections and...
People from across the political spectrum suggest criminal justice reforms the president should enact during his remaining time in office. Vince Warren, Executive Director of the Center for...
Thousands of prisoners will be moved out of solitary confinement in California, thanks to a landmark legal settlement announced this week. Grass-roots organizing can be tough, but when done by...
Thousands of prisoners will be moved out of solitary confinement in California, thanks to a landmark legal settlement announced this week. Grass-roots organizing can be tough, but when done by...
A federal court ruled American Muslims, who claim they were placed on the No Fly List after refusing to become informants, are not allowed to sue FBI agents for damages. The case, Tanvir v. Holder,...
Prison administrators and inmate advocates agreed last week on one facet of the debate on solitary confinement: Prisons need to be more careful about putting people in “the hole.” On Tuesday,...
Lonnie Rose spent 26 years in California’s high security state prisons. Now, walking into a crowded supermarket makes him feel overwhelmed and panicky. “I start to look around and feel the need to...
Confronted with two cases claiming chimpanzees should be deemed persons under the law, New York’s high court missed an opportunity to issue its shortest decision ever. Three words would have sufficed...
I have been out of prison for 10 years, but my eight years in solitary confinement in the Pelican Bay Special Housing Unit still haunts me. It affected the very core of my being. The sensory...
