Aug 11 Prison reform advocates hope one Supreme Court justice will help end solitary confinement By Sam Hananel, Associated Press Prison reform advocates who have spent years campaigning against solitary confinement are counting on a powerful new ally in their quest to end the practice — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Continue reading
Aug 11 Advocates against solitary confinement see hope in Justice Kennedy’s comments By Sam Hananel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Prison reform advocates who have spent years campaigning against solitary confinement are counting on a powerful new ally in their quest to end the practice — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 3:19 New life in Uruguay for former Guantanamo detainees like ‘being born for the second time’ By PBS News Hour Abu Wa'el Dhiab is one of six former Guantanamo detainees who were resettled in Uruguay this week, after being held for more than a decade without being charged. Cori Crider, lawyer for the former prisoner, talks to Judy Woodruff about… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch Former inmate speaks out against U.S. ‘commitment’ to mass incarceration By PBS News Hour During Michael Santos’ 26 years in federal prisons, he read books on history and law, earned undergraduate and master’s degrees and wrote seven books about the criminal justice system. Now, just six months after his release, Santos is imploring prisoners… Continue watching