One child at a time

Another friend of Zaharibu wrote: “We believe it is things of this nature which further prove the positive impact on people’s lives that NCTT (NARN Collective Think Tank) activists continue to have...

Mandatory minimum prison sentences, statutorily imposed by legislatures, are among the major contributors to the U.S. incarceration epidemic.

Where's the outrage over this story?

In the year since eight young men took the stand to testify they were sexually abused by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, the scandal has played out in the courts, in the halls of the university and in continuing debate about...

An Indiana woman put on death row at age 16 for killing an elderly Bible school teacher is scheduled to be released Monday after serving a prison term that was shortened after the state Supreme Court intervened.  Paula Cooper's death sentence at such...

Gary Younge: The violation of civil liberties in the name of security has had a profound impact on those who came of age after 9/11

Many young people diagnosed with mental disorders have acted on their beliefs in ways that threaten authorities.

A woman whose false claim of rape sent former prep football star Brian Banks to prison was ordered to pay a $2.6 million judgment in connection with the case.

Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation - Father's Day Greeting - Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation honors Mamie Till Mobley's legacy and preserves the memory of her only son, Emmett Louis "BoBo" Till.

Ron Davis and Lucia McBath open up about justice for their murdered son Jordan Davis, who was shot and killed by Michael Dunn in Florida & using Stand Your Ground as a defense

On June 4, 2013, Delaware Governor Jack A. Markell signed Senate Bill 9, which eliminates juvenile life imprisonment without possibility of release by providing for sentence review for all children who were sentenced to more than 20 years in prison.

In an opinion by conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, a 7-2 Supreme Court held this morning that an Arizona law requiring voting officials to reject voter registration forms that are “not accompanied by concrete evidence of citizenship” conflicts...

Mass incarceration of American youth is actually making the country’s crime problem worse, according to a new study of Chicago youth incarceration. The study, conducted by Anna Aizer of Brown University and Joseph Doyle, Jr.

The continuing campaign to gain compassionate release for Lynne Stewart – the grievously ill, imprisoned human rights attorney – is headed to Washington, D.C. with a continuing vigil in front of th...

This is unbelievable.

During police questioning, and before he was arrested or read his Miranda rights, Salinas answered some questions but did not answer when asked if a shotgun he had access to would match up with the murder weapon.

The U.S. puts more youths in detention than any other developed country — about 130,000 in 2010. A new study finds this is doing more harm than good.

Over 24 men have been exonerated after bite evidence was re-examined with DNA testing.   The men were either proven not guilty or had the charges dropped.  Either way, they were able to leave prison.

The Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

The U.S. puts more youths in detention than any other developed country — about 130,000 in 2010. A new study finds this is doing more harm than good.

New scrutiny of the use of solitary confinement in state and federal prisons found abusive practices and no evidence that it even works.

According to a report from Think Progress, a 14-year-old pregnant girl in Elwood Indiana faces ongoing harassment -- simply because her neighborhood sees her as

In this scene from the episode Western Tidewater Regional Jail, VA, teenagers see real inmates for the first time and get of a taste of what jail is really l...

By Ann Curry, Shoshana Guy, and Becky BratuRock Center Three years after her photograph appeared on the cover of TIME magazine and became a symbol for oppressed women in Afghanistan, Aesha Mohammadzai has made incredible strides recovering from the...