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Another Dubious Execution Under Rick Perry?
Mon Nov. 7, 2011 2:00 AM PST

Abu Ghraib on the Allegheny?
Wed Sep. 28, 2011 1:42 PM PDT

9/11 Didn't Upturn the Constitution, the War on Crime Did
Tue Sep. 13, 2011 2:00 AM PDT

Rikers Island Prisoners Left Behind to Face Irene
Sat Aug. 27, 2011 8:09 AM PDT

Languishing in Solitary, Pelican Bay Inmates Launch Hunger Strike
Fri Jul. 1, 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Doctors Prescribe Cure for "Epidemic of Mass Incarceration"
Thu Jun. 9, 2011 7:46 AM PDT

No Budget Cuts for Federal Prisons
Wed Apr. 13, 2011 12:53 PM PDT

Death Row Inmates Sue the FDA Over Execution Drugs
Thu Feb. 10, 2011 9:17 AM PST

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty
Sat Dec. 25, 2010 10:34 AM PST

Georgia Prisoners’ Strike: “We locked ourselves down.”
Mon Dec. 13, 2010 3:16 PM PST

Cash-Strapped California to Spend $500 Million for New “Condemned Inmate Complex” (Death Row)
Mon Sep. 20, 2010 12:19 PM PDT

Obama's First Military Tribunal Tries Child Soldier Tortured at Bagram and Gitmo
Tue Aug. 10, 2010 10:04 AM PDT

When Summer Is Torture
Tue Jul. 27, 2010 2:13 PM PDT

Clarence Thomas "Outraged" by Treatment of His Nephew
Wed Jul. 14, 2010 1:13 PM PDT

Two Inmates Die in Agony as Prison Staff Stands By
Thu Jul. 8, 2010 2:00 AM PDT

What's Next for Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3?
Tue Jun. 22, 2010 12:00 AM PDT

When Punishing Teens Is Cruel and Unusual
Mon May. 17, 2010 3:49 PM PDT

Woman Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape
Sat May. 8, 2010 2:01 PM PDT

Why Do We Treat Marine Mammals Like Suspected Terrorists?
Tue Mar. 16, 2010 9:06 AM PDT

The Abu Ghraib of Los Angeles?

ACLU lawsuit cites a "sick culture of deputy-on-inmate violence" in LA County jails.

Thu Jan. 19, 2012 12:50 PM PST

14 Years on Death Row. $14 Million in Damages?

In exoneration cases, will the Supreme Court make prosecutors pay?

Wed Oct. 6, 2010 2:00 AM PDT

Cruel and Unusual Health Care

How Mississippi prisoner Jamie Scott's life sentence could turn into a death sentence.

Thu Mar. 25, 2010 2:00 AM PDT

Southern Injustice

Convicted of murder in a deeply flawed trial, Herman Wallace has spent nearly 37 years in solitary confinement. Will new evidence finally lead to his release?

Tue Dec. 29, 2009 4:00 AM PST

Permanent Lockdown

Could the case of the Angola 3 test the use of solitary confinement in American prisons?

Thu Jun. 4, 2009 3:00 AM PDT

Don't Even Think About It

The war against "homegrown terrorism" is on. Enter the thought police.

Wed Jan. 23, 2008 12:00 AM PST

The Chill Pill: Would a Dem White House Take on Big Pharma?

On the trail, candidates fulminate about the drug companies, but money may still speak louder than words.

Thu Dec. 20, 2007 12:00 AM PST

Windfall: How Conservatives, Contractors, and Developers Cashed In on Katrina

The grim pictures from the Superdome had barely faded from your TV screen when the Bush administration and its allies set to work redefining the meaning of the hurricane. A timeline of how disaster became opportunity.

Wed Aug. 29, 2007 11:00 PM PDT

Newark to New Orleans: The Myth of the Black Sniper

Forty years have passed since the Newark riots, but not much has changed when it comes to black suffering and white fear.

Sun Jul. 15, 2007 11:00 PM PDT