One child at a time

Helen Lewis: To children in distress, these shockingly tasteless images look like a menu. Outrage is a tactic – let's hope this one backfires

Seven years ago, late in the evening on June 9, 2006, three prisoners – Ali al-Salami, a Yemeni, and Mani al-Utaybi and Yasser al-Zahrani, both Saudis – died at Guantánamo, in what was described by...

On 6/15/2013 Shantel Davis family, Kimani Gray family, friends, and the community took it to the streets.

On 6/15/2012 Detective Phillip Atkins from the 67th precinct murder 23 year old Shantel Davis. Detective Phillip Atkins has cost tax payers more than a quarter-million dollar on lawsuits, because of police brutality, violating civilians constitutional rights, excessive force and other forms of police brutality against the civilians of East Flatbush. It has been 1 year and Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes has not presented the case of Shantel Davis to the grand jury. We want justice for Shantel Davis and all victims of police brutality.

Kimani Gray family also support the Shantel Davis family in their pursuit for justice.

Kimani Gray 16 years old was murder by Sergeant Moroud Moroud and Police Officer Jovaniel Cordova on March 9, 2013, these officer was part of the same unit Detective Phillip Atkins was and has also cost tax payers more than a half-million dollars in lawsuits for police brutality against civilians, violating civilians constitutional rights, excessive force and other forms of police brutality. We want justice for Kimani Gray and all victims of police brutality.

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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.

It’s never easy to talk about an incarcerated loved one in public, and it’s an especially difficult task for children.

Rediscovering Fatherhood Against All Odds – By Dorsey NunnPosted on June 15, 2013 by lspcadminShare via emailShare on Facebook+1Share on TwitterBy the time I was seventeen I had helped produce two children with two different mothers. As with most men who become a father so early, it was more about p...

Tomorrow the Senate Rules Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for acting California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Jeffery Beard. Advocates, experts and family member...

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.