News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights

The National Prison Project is dedicated to ensuring that our nation's prisons, jails, and detention centers comply with the Constitution, domestic law, and human rights principles.

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A woman pulls up her pant leg and shows her ankle monitor.

Sep 29, 2022

Three People Share How Ankle Monitoring Devices Fail, Harm, and Stigmatize

Image of Talkspace app on a smartphone on a white background.

Sep 28, 2022

How to Navigate Mental Health Apps That May Share Your Data

With helmets, gas masks and armed with shotguns, state police overlook the Attica prison yard which is filled with prisoners, face down in mud with their hands behind their heads. Other policemen are in orange ponchos are walking and searching the prisoners in Sept. 1971.

Sep 26, 2022

50 Years of Fighting for the Rights of Incarcerated People

Sep 12, 2022

Despite Backlash, Voters and Lawmakers Continue to Choose Criminal Justice Reform

A prisoner lying in a hospital bed with one leg shackled to the bed rail in California medical facility.

Jul 8, 2022

Federal Judge Finds Arizona’s Prison Health Care Is "Plainly Grossly Inadequate" and Unconstitutional

A collage of images depicting prison labor.

Jun 15, 2022

Captive Labor: Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers

Inmate firefighters creating a fire line.

Jun 15, 2022

Captive Labor: Stories of Involuntary Servitude

A prisoner holding his extended and clasped hands between the bars of his cell.

Jun 2, 2022

What if Algorithms Worked For Accused People, Instead of Against Them?

A stack of books behind a chain-link fence.

Apr 18, 2022

A Student’s Journey: Fighting for Education Rights While in Prison

Apr 7, 2022

“Sexual Justice” Doesn’t Have to Mean Criminal Justice