District Attorneys and Republican Senators, who were the main opponents of the reforms, have struck back. They are now seeking to mount a campaign to repeal the reforms.
Michael Shaw | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics
In the past weeks and days, new photos have been released of Gitmo prisoners.
NRC | Posted 06.28.2009 | World
The Dutch justice ministry has announced it will close eight prisons and cut 1,200 jobs in the prison system. A decline in crime has left many cells e...
Meghan Rhoad | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
There is an international consensus that shackling is an intolerable practice, irreconcilable with human rights principles, along with prohibitions against torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.
Warren Holstein | Posted 06.26.2009 | Comedy
Yup, that's right, the self-same prison system that has held Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and the Son of Sam is apparently no match for a bunch of unarmed, sensory-deprived foreigners.
Anne-Marie Cusac | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
Obama wants to win in November 2012. It's never too early for a campaigning Democrat to get tough on crime.
Wes Isley | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics
As President Obama discusses how to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and what to do with its inmates, some of our leaders have lost complete faith in the ability of our justice and correctional systems to function.
Ahmed Rehab | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics
The suspects are troubled oddballs operating well outside the mainstream of the American Muslim community or even real terrorist threats like Al-Qaeda.
Human Rights First | Posted 06.19.2009 | World
Welcoming the persecuted with handcuffs and prison uniforms is simply not consistent with this country's values or its commitments under refugee protection and human rights conventions.
Wayne Kramer | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics
Non-violent drug offenders who are locked up are pawns in urban political gamesmanship. Nobody talks about them. There's no political will to look at it. There's no political capital in it. It's a no-winner.
Sarah Burd-Sharps | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics
It's tempting to say education can wait. But that would be shortsighted in ways both foolish and tragic.
Glenn Close | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living
It was a chilly April day when I arrived at the Fishkill Correctional Facility. I was there to help tell an amazing story: The story of two men, brought together by a little, female, yellow Lab called Frankie.
Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living
For me, it's all about my attitude. I look at what I want to turn around, what feels like a setback, and then give it a new twist. I find a glimmer of positive, and watch it begin to glow.
T.I. | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment
In a few weeks, I will begin a one-year prison sentence for being in the possession of illegal firearms. Before I go to prison, I want to speak to young people about responsibility as a lifestyle.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics
Phish's floppy-haired frontman is sporting a sharp, navy blue suit, which can only mean one of two things. And he isn't in a courtroom, so he must be ...
Tony Newman | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics
We need to educate people about the possible harm from drug use, offer compassion and treatment and leave in peace the people who are causing harm to no one.
Anne-Marie Cusac | Posted 05.29.2009 | World
What astonished me was not the Abu Ghraib torture, but the public's shock and dismay. How could people be so surprised when so many of the same practices had already happened here?
Eli Davidson | Posted 05.25.2009 | Living
Before you dismiss the experience of someone in prison as the polar opposite of your own...here is a quiz. Are You In Your Own Prison? • Do you id...
Bill Haney | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics
There are now more than 2.3 million Americans in jail or prison. In fact, the United States now has the world's largest prison population.
Norm Stamper | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics
Shooting an armed, hostage-holding assailant can be a life-saving act of heroism. But there's something fundamentally wrong with taking the life of someone in the state's custody.
Benjamin Todd Jealous | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics
Repeal of New York state's Rockefeller drug laws signals a perfect storm for changing our expensive, ineffective, and discriminatory drug laws.
David C. Fathi | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics
Our dysfunctional criminal justice system has been a long time in the making, and no one should have any illusions that it will be fixed overnight. But there are signs that change may be on the way.
Rick Ayers | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics
The media, the politicians, and the police have not taken a stance of uniting with the community. They have fed the notion of the African American community as a site of depravity, a place to be dominated.
Jerry Zezima | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living
I knew it was only a matter of time before my journalistic crimes landed me in jail. I just didn't think I would end up on Rikers Island.
Diann Rust-Tierney | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics
New Mexico's lawmakers concluded that they'd had enough of a system that does not deter murders, is unfairly and unequally applied, risks wrongful convictions, and diverts resources.
Anthony Papa | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics