News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights

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A box of ivermectin is shown in a pharmacy.

Sep 22, 2021

Ivermectin “Treatment” in Arkansas Jail Illustrates Systemic Abuse

Aug 19, 2021

Ashley C. Ford on Growing Up With an Incarcerated Parent

A general view of the Federal Correctional Complex in Victorville, California

Aug 10, 2021

Documents Foreshadow a Grim Future for COVID-19 Spread in Federal Prisons

A transgender woman in a hospital gown speaking to her doctor, a transgender man, in an exam room

Jul 15, 2021

Five Things to Know About Gender-Affirming Health Care

Clean lawn and tidy oak trees in front of an apartment complex

Jul 14, 2021

How America Disguised 65,000 Prison Beds

Male prisoner attached to an Electronic Monitoring (EM) ankle monitor

Jun 25, 2021

Jailed For a Faulty Battery and Left to Catch COVID-19

Jun 21, 2021

New Census Bureau Data Offers a Chance to Dismantle Prison Gerrymandering

Prisoner Alfred Chestnut hugs his mother Sarah after his release Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, in Baltimore.

Jun 14, 2021

Orange County’s Dramatic Reduction in Jail Population During the Pandemic is a Model for the Nation

Jail cells with the doors closed inside an Idaho prison.

May 21, 2021

How to Save Lives in Jail During the Opioid Crisis

May 13, 2021

How to Save Lives in Jail During the Opioid Crisis