James Forman Jr. is a professor of law at Yale University and a former public defender. He is the author of “Locking Up Our ...

[10] The first reforms of the death penalty occurred between 1776-1800. Thomas Jefferson and four ... as did English Quaker prison reformers John Bellers and John Howard.[11] On Crimes and ...

the religious movement Muslim Unity, most of whose leaders are currently in prison, called on its members and supporters to boycott the vote. A total of 15 hopefuls sought to register for the ...

Jerome Ryan, who served 30 years in prison, expressed his concerns about recurring issues in the prison system. "I have a nightmare that we are going to see this played over and over again because ...

THE Malaysian Bar is deeply alarmed and saddened by reports of the alleged assault of prisoners at Taiping Prison, Perak, which tragically resulted in the death of an inmate (“Cops investigating ...

New York's state prison system is under scrutiny after guards fatally beat an inmate last month. North Country Public Radio's Emily Russell reports the incident prompted protests and calls for ...

Lacking an available pool of migrant labor, the United Stated has historically turned to another vulnerable ...

Last July, President Biden signed into law Sen. Ossoff’s bipartisan Federal Prison Oversight Act, historic prison reform legislation to overhaul independent oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prison’s ...

In this episode of Crash Course Political Theory, we unpack the arguments of the prison abolition movement and the history ... to make good on efforts to reform people who’ve committed ...

told Reuters the prisoners involved had been convicted over links to Islamic State and the Jihadi Salafi movement. Both are banned in Tajikistan. At least three prison guards were seriously ...