Jails and Prisons

Your Valentine, Made in Prison Your Valentine, Made in Prison

This Valentine's Day you might want to steer clear of Victoria's Secret, unless you like your lingerie made by prisoners.

Feb 12, 2009 / Feature / Beth Schwartzapfel

Camp Bucca: Iraq’s Guantánamo Bay Camp Bucca: Iraq’s Guantánamo Bay

What will the United States do with 20,000 Iraqis in legal limbo?

Oct 8, 2008 / Feature / David Enders

Juvenile Junction Juvenile Junction

Can Congress build a platform to change America's juvenile justice system?

Sep 15, 2008 / Feature / Will Di Novi

Whither Capital Punishment Whither Capital Punishment

As a seven-month national moratorium on executions comes to an end, where does the student movement against the death penalty go?

Sep 9, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation

Fees for Criminal Offenders Create a Vicious Cycle Fees for Criminal Offenders Create a Vicious Cycle

As they serve prison time, offenders are slapped with fees they can't pay, creating a vicious cycle.

Sep 3, 2008 / Feature / Emily Jane Goodman

Fathers and Sons Fathers and Sons

A teacher discovers that sixty years after its publication, Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country still stirs deep emotions about fathers and errant sons.

Jun 12, 2008 / Feature / Joseph H. Cooper

Can the Golden State Warriors Save Oakland? Can the Golden State Warriors Save Oakland?

The Warriors will miss this year's NBA playoffs, but they can still be winners by reaching out to at-risk youth in Oakland.

Apr 21, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin

Rehabilitation, Resurrected Rehabilitation, Resurrected

This year nearly 700,000 inmates in US prisons will be granted their freedom. And in a rare act of bipartisanship, a new law provides millions to rehabilitate them.

Apr 18, 2008 / Feature / David Cole

Locked Up in Limbo Locked Up in Limbo

In California, sex offenders face the specter of incarceration without end.

Dec 13, 2007 / Laura Mansnerus

Locked Up in New Orleans Locked Up in New Orleans

In response to a crime wave, police are imprisoning a record number of nonviolent offenders.

Aug 23, 2007 / Feature / Robin Templeton

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