News & Commentary about Prisoners' Rights
The National Prison Project is dedicated to ensuring that our nation's prisons, jails, and detention centers comply with the Constitution, domestic law, and human rights principles.
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May 7, 2020
Poetry, Prison, and the Pandemic
Apr 29, 2020
Federal Bill Would Release Vulnerable People from Prisons to Help Stop Spread of COVID-19
Apr 13, 2020
Federal Wardens Must Immediately Flatten the Curve in our Nation's Prisons
Apr 8, 2020
Isolation, Before and During a Pandemic
Mar 19, 2020
We Know Prisons Need COVID-19 Plans, but our Arizona Prison Tour Suggests it’s not Happening
Mar 6, 2020
Are Our Prisons and Jails Ready for COVID-19?
Dec 16, 2019
2019 was a Watershed Year in the Movement to Stop Solitary Confinement
Dec 2, 2019
During Japanese American Incarceration, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Lost — and Then Found — Its Way
Nov 8, 2019
Why I'm Fighting for Menstrual Equity in Prison
