News & Commentary about Civil Liberties in Prison
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![Ian Manuel stands and delivers a poem at the library with bookshelves in the background.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/04/Night_in_the_library2024-27-400x266.jpeg)
Apr 11, 2024
Live from Brooklyn Public Library: The Power of Poetry and Magical Thinking
![A nutraloaf, a meal typically given to inmates for misbehavior.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/11/PF_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Nov 23, 2022
Two Cups of Broth and Rotting Sandwiches: The Reality of Mealtime in Prisons and Jails
![Celia Banos holding a photo of Jhean.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/10/LAJails_FullBleed-400x266.jpg)
Oct 20, 2022
LA County’s Failure to Invest in Alternatives to Incarceration Fuels Inhumane Jail Conditions
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Sep 29, 2022
For Defense Attorneys: Tips for Effectively Challenging Pretrial Electronic Monitoring
![A woman pulls up her pant leg and shows her ankle monitor.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/09/Monitor_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Sep 29, 2022
Three People Share How Ankle Monitoring Devices Fail, Harm, and Stigmatize
![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.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/09/ATTICA_V1-Blog-400x266.jpg)
Sep 26, 2022
50 Years of Fighting for the Rights of Incarcerated People
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Sep 12, 2022
Despite Backlash, Voters and Lawmakers Continue to Choose Criminal Justice Reform
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Jun 15, 2022
Captive Labor: Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers
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Jun 15, 2022
Captive Labor: Stories of Involuntary Servitude