News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights
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Oct 1, 2013
Meet the Prison Phone Company Profiting Off Love
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Sep 17, 2013
CCA At It Again: Held in Contempt for Understaffing Prison and Lying About It
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Sep 6, 2013
New limits announced on ICE's solitary confinement of immigrants
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Aug 28, 2013
What Happened to My Son Should Never Happen Again
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Aug 22, 2013
In Yet Another Act of Courage, Chelsea Manning Comes Out
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Aug 6, 2013
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Colorado Continues to Warehouse Mentally Ill Prisoners in Solitary
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Aug 1, 2013
Former Death Row Prisoner Speaks Out Against Solitary, Capital Punishment
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Jul 26, 2013
Victory! An Innocent Man's Journey from Death Row to Freedom
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Jul 23, 2013
When I Was on Death Row, I Saw a Bunch of Dead Men Walking. Solitary Confinement Killed Everything Inside Them.