News & Commentary about Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
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Feb 9, 2015
This Prisoner's Note Isn't From Some Dystopian Dictatorship. It's From Texas.
Jan 13, 2015
How US Prison Officials Rubber-Stamped a CIA Torture Chamber
Dec 18, 2014
"I'm Still Gonna Be Me": Leading the Charge for Change in Prisons and Everywhere Else
Dec 16, 2014
The Reign of Terror Ends at LA County Jails
Nov 14, 2014
The United States Admits It Crossed a Line. That鈥檚 the Least of It.
Oct 23, 2014
Not Having a Roof Over Your Head Can Mean Jail Time: The Criminalization of Homelessness
Oct 17, 2014
Jail Doesn't Help Addicts. Let's Stop Sending Them There.
Oct 9, 2014
A Psychotic Episode Shouldn't End in a Jail Cell
Oct 3, 2014
Victory Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio鈥檚 Jails, Where Too Many Have Suffered and Died From Neglect