Staff / TruthdigJan 7, 2016
A civil rights report reveals that young offenders in the state's detention facilities are sometimes put in isolation for days, weeks or months for “relatively minor infractions.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 3, 2015
"I think their goal was to dehumanize every prisoner because if you have a dehumanized prisoner, you can control him and the environment,” former Black Panther Conway says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Amy Goodman and Denis MoynihanSep 3, 2015
They call themselves the Pelican Bay SHU Short Corridor Collective. From within their small, windowless cells, they began talking, organizing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Kasia Anderson / TruthdigSep 2, 2015
Finally, some better news from our nation's prison-industrial complex: California announced Tuesday that thousands of inmates in the state's prisons would be shifted out of solitary confinement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
BLANKAug 23, 2015
A 2011 hunger strike by California convicts attracted the attention of human rights advocates, and that led to an extraordinary alliance. If this group of lawyers and prisoners has its way, the barbaric conditions in our prisons will come to an end. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigAug 19, 2015
The good news is that convicted national security leaker Chelsea Manning isn't facing solitary confinement for an indefinite stretch of time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Bill Blum / TruthdigAug 17, 2015
If she settles a Pelican Bay prisoners’ lawsuit, Harris will seize an opportunity to serve justice—and her political career as well. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 13, 2015
In addition to the magazine, the U.S. Army soldier serving a 35-year military prison sentence for leaking official secrets has been threatened with solitary confinement for having an expired tube of toothpaste in her cell, her lawyers and supporters say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigJun 11, 2015
Twelve days after his 22nd birthday, Kalief Browder wrapped an air-conditioner power cord around his neck and hanged himself. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigMay 8, 2014
There has been much attention, and rightly so, on the CIA's extensive use of torture, which the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is said to have documented in its still-classified 6,000-page report. The use of torture is not limited to the CIA, however. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigApr 22, 2014
After spending over a year in a federal correctional institution, "Weev" Auernheimer's conviction has been vacated by an appeals court. The U.S. government may try him again and critics of his prosecution hope Auernheimer's plight will underscore the need to put an end to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigApr 20, 2014
In an eerie report on the treatment of Muslims imprisoned for alleged involvement in "terror-like activity," the news agency Inter Press Service tells the story of Tarek Mehanna, a Pittsburgh-born Muslim currently serving a lengthy jail sentence. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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