Locked Up in Limbo Locked Up in Limbo
In California, sex offenders face the specter of incarceration without end.
Dec 13, 2007 / Laura Mansnerus
Locked Up in New Orleans Locked Up in New Orleans
In response to a crime wave, police are imprisoning a record number of nonviolent offenders.
Aug 23, 2007 / Feature / Robin Templeton
Stars and Bars Stars and Bars
How did the American criminal justice system go so wrong?
Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare
Pardon Whom? Pardon Whom?
Dear George Bush: Don't stop with Scooter Libby. Why not go all the way and pardon everyone unfairly held behind bars?
Jul 12, 2007 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Sounds of Silence The Sounds of Silence
Voting is a privilege and a responsibility that every American bears. Allowing prisoners to vote will keep us honest.
Jan 29, 2007 / Walter Mosley
Incarceration Nation Incarceration Nation
America now leads the world in the number of people behind bars. But hope is emerging that state governments and the courts will seek to hold back the hand of the carceral state.
Jan 5, 2007 / Feature / Silja J.A. Talvi
Generation Lockdown Generation Lockdown
California's juvenile justice system is broken everywhere you look. An ambitious plan for reform could bring much-needed improvements, but does it go far enough?
Jun 25, 2006 / Feature / Mark Sorkin
‘They Deserve It’ ‘They Deserve It’
Prison rape is not a dirty joke; it's one of the most frequent and widespread human rights abuses in America.
Left to Die Left to Die
If a society is measured by the treatment of its prisoners, we are in deeper trouble in New Orleans than we realize. The biggest prison crisis since Attica is now unfolding in the ...
Dec 15, 2005 / Feature / Billy Sothern
Two Prisoners Named Williams Two Prisoners Named Williams
The lives and deaths of two prisoners intersected this week--Stanley Tookie Williams and Richard Williams, flawed men whose political perspectives and pursuit of personal redemptio...
Dec 14, 2005 / Feature / Dan Berger