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The nation’s high court declined to hear Dennis Hope’s appeal of a Court of Appeals decision to dismiss his Eighth Amendment challenge to his imprisonment in solitary confinement for nearly three decades.

Thompson’s shocking story reflects the extreme conditions at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, where horrific sanitary conditions are among other problems plaguing the prison.

As Muslims around the world partake in charity during the holy month of Ramadan, it is important that this extends to captives who have been politically targeted and face brutal incarceration and torture, argues Asim Qureshi.

Prisons and jails have a long history, but they weren’t always used for the same kinds of punishment.

Alabama has paused the carrying out of death sentences after a series of cases in which the state struggled with the procedure.

U.S. jails found rife with violence, abuse, overcrowding-

In a new book, professors shine light on the transformative experience of teaching behind bars.

Every day, tens of thousands of American prisoners are locked up in solitary confinement. This is how that looks for those behind bars, and those guarding them.

A pilot project at a Pennsylvania prison is trying out lessons from Scandinavia that could offer some ideas for reforming US prisons.

A constitutional law professor provides insight on what Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, could mean for how that court works.