News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights
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![The perimeter of the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, New Jersey.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17_nj-state-prison-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jun 2, 2017
We Need School in Prison, and States Must Take the Lead
![Willacy County detention facility](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-privateprisontx-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Mar 3, 2017
A Private Prison Already Failed This Texas County. And Now Officials Want It Back?
![Solitary Confinement Cell](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-jus-solitarybw-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jan 26, 2017
I Was a Child, But My Prison Guards Treated Me Like a Dog in Solitary Confinement
![Solitary Confinement Cell](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-justice-solitary-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jan 25, 2017
I’m Paralyzed From the Collarbone Down, and My Time in Prison Revealed a System That Robs Prisoners of Their Rights and Dignity
![James Burns endures voluntary solitary confinement.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog17-jamesburnssolitary-1160x768-400x266.png)
Jan 20, 2017
Will the Momentum to Stop Solitary Grind to a Halt Under Trump?
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Jan 12, 2017
Prisoners With Physical Disabilities Are Forgotten And Neglected in America
![Solitary Confinement](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-blog-jus-solitary-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jan 10, 2017
James Burns Chose to Go Back Into Solitary Confinement for 30 Days, and He Livestreamed His Experience to Show the World Its Cruelty
![Chelsea Manning Timeserved Graphic](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-chelseatimeserved-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Dec 5, 2016
President Obama, The Time Is Now to #FreeChelsea. She Deserves Her Freedom.
![Charnasha](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog16-syracuse_solitary_2-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Sep 26, 2016
In Syracuse, A Child Can Be Thrown in Solitary for Singing Whitney Houston
![A barbed wire fence outside a prison](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-blog-barbedwire-prison-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Aug 19, 2016
The Justice Department’s Call to Axe Private-Prison Contracts Is A Victory. ICE Must Now Do the Same to End Federal Prison Profiteering.