articles tagged as “prison”A recent study by the San Francisco-based Transgender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project on rape in California prisons found that 59 percent of transgender people reported being sexually assaulted in prison in 2006, compared to 4 percent of the general prison population
There are many ways for the oppressor to force himself into the mind of the oppressed, but one surefire way is through indefinite detention. Never knowing when--or if--you will be released is a cruel form of psychological torture and allows you to keep hope while simultaneously filling you with fear
The conclusion of the report, "Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies," persuasively argues that punitive policies of policing that specifically target gangs increase rather than decrease gang violence
One man stands between Flozelle Woodmore and the "free" world--California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Fasting prisoners force-fed twice a day as 30-inch plastic tubes are forced into their esophaguses
The following transcript was adapted from "Witness to an Execution," a radio documentary produced by Stacy Abramson and… more
In the mid-'90s, inspired by a spate of DNA exonerations, academics began to study whether eyewitness identifications using… more
Who's to blame for America's new torture techniques?
A Guantánamo lawyer reports from a parallel legal universe
The first detainees arrived in Guantánamo four months to the day after the 9/11 attacks. From the opening… more
U.S. immigration policy is putting kids in jail
Inmates are being forced to work in toxic 'e-waste' sweatshops
The Bush administration has finally been rebuked for its repeated efforts to evade judicial review
