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Remembering the black soldiers executed after Houston’s 1917 race riot

Forget Nutraloaf — prisoners are growing their own food

Formerly incarcerated moms fight for reforms to save families

In two dozen states, juvenile offenders can be put in solitary. Advocates want to change that.

Despite a full life, Justice Scalia died prematurely — by at least one measure

Harvey Silverglate: Would Obama recognize criminal justice reform if it stuck him in the eye?

A musician convicted of rape is released after he sings the praises of Zambia’s president

Jail where Sandra Bland died was not in compliance

How a traffic stop ended with a young black woman dead in a Texas jail

A stalemate of silence: ‘If cops won’t snitch on each other, why should we snitch for them?’

‘I never give up.’ New evidence prompts release of man after 21 years in prison.

The Obama administration has put China on notice — with indictments for cyber espionage

Flogging: A humane alternative to prison?

‘Herman’s House’: The Dreams of a Man in Solitary Confinement for 40 Years

Fighting Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System

The Angola Three and Solitary Confinement

Supreme Court Says Jails Can Conduct Strip-Searches

Obama Campaign Returns Funds to Fugitive Rojas-Cardona’s Family

Census: where should we count prison inmates?

Race, Justice, Freedom and Paul Butler

Judges rule California must close prisons