Prison Conditions

There Are No Special Prisons (JM - Summer 2005)

May 31, 2005
Prison expansion is continuing to plague our region. And there’s a new variation on the prison expansion theme: “special prisons.”

Inside this issue:

Natl: Let's Shine a Light on All of America's Prisons

May 31, 2005
The recent military trial of Pfc. Lynndie England for prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad has once again called attention to the treatment of prisoners by U.S. military personnel. The Christian Science Monitor noted in an editorial
Article by Brigette Sarabi 

The recent military trial of Pfc.

Special Issue on Torture (JM - Fall 2004)

August 31, 2004
This issue of Justice Matters focuses on brutality and torture.

 

 

PDF:  Click Special Issue on Torture to view the pdf of this issue.

Indian Jails in Bad Shape

June 30, 2004

Investigators and auditors from the Interior Department told a Senate panel in June that potentially life-threatening conditions at many of the 74 detention centers on Indian reservations pose dang

OR: Court Deals Blow to Prisoners’ Rights

April 15, 2004

An Oregon prisoner lost a First Amendment case in January when a Federal Appeals Court decided that Oregon prisons are allowed to bar some magazines. At issue were two publications.

Prisons as the New Mental Hospitals

April 14, 2004
According to a 2003 Human Rights Watch report, approximately two to four hundred thousand people with mental illnesses reside in U.S. prisons and jails.

Article by Scot Nakagawa

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