January 14, 2013
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed rules changes that would bring down the rates for interstate phone calls placed from prisons,...
January 9, 2013
Studies examining lead exposure show that higher childhood blood lead levels are consistently associated with higher adult arrest rates for violent...
December 17, 2012
Marsha Colby, pictured with one of her children, after leaving Tutwiler Prison last week
Marsha Colby was released from prison last week, in time...
December 14, 2012
Cumberland County Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Greg Weeks vacated three death sentences under North Carolina's Racial Justice Act after...
November 28, 2012
The 2012 Smithsonian magazine American Ingenuity Award winners, including EJI Director Bryan Stevenson, will be presented trophies at a special...
November 15, 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Meridian, Mississippi, officials for systematically incarcerating...
November 5, 2012
Bryan Stevenson was awarded the Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award on November 3, 2012, in Birmingham, Alabama.(Frank Couch/fcouch@al.com)...
October 18, 2012
Uniformed police officers oppose relief in Fayetteville courtroom during Racial Justice Act hearing. Photo by Andrew Craft/Fayetteville Observer...
October 15, 2012
Flooding in the wake of Hurricane Isaac in Lowndes County, Alabama
Starting on September 3, 2012, torrential rain and flash flooding from Hurricane...
September 4, 2012
An immigration detainee writes in his cell at the Etowah County Detention Center. Photo by Hannah Rappleye/NBC News
Rotten and insufficient food...
