February 8, 2013
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development at their December 2012 meeting joined a national...
December 24, 2012
The Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence has released a report that calls for an end to laws and regulations that...
November 15, 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Meridian, Mississippi, officials for systematically incarcerating...
October 4, 2012
On Sunday, September 30, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 9 - the Fair Sentencing for Youth Act - which gives children sentenced...
October 2, 2012
On September 25, the Council of State Governments released a policy brief profiling a number of states that have succeeded in significantly...
August 15, 2012
The Justice Department announced last week that officials in the city of Meridian, Mississippi, are operating a "school-to-prison pipeline" that...
June 12, 2012
Caril Ann Fugate following her arrest in 1958 at age 14. Register file photo.
The Des Moines Register this week detailed the story of Caril Ann...
November 14, 2011
The State of Alabama continues to deny the right to vote to citizens who have served and completed sentences for felony convictions. Alabama's...
April 13, 2011
A young black teen has asserted that he was physically assaulted by Sheriff Larry Amerson after being handcuffed and shackled while visiting the...
March 28, 2011
While there has been considerable coverage and some debate about excessive punishment and torture of war detainees captured by the United States,...
