Prison sucks, but so does the aftermath. In the United States, we impose some serious penalties on convicted felons even after their...

It is no secret that solitary confinement can have a detrimental and lasting effect on its victims’ psyche and physical health. The...

The Eighth Amendment reads, “excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments...

“We do not want to risk one life in [Hurricane Florence].” Those were the words of Henry McMaster, the South Carolina Governor, as he...

Recently Larry Nassar, the former U.S. gymnastics doctor who abused young women and girls under the guise of medical treatment, was...

The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution reads “excessive bails shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed.” But...

In January 2018, a guilty verdict was reached against a former prison guard from the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York. He was...

Americans have typically feared the reality of mental illness, which has resulted in a traumatic history of systematic oppression to some...

In 2001, there were approximately 2,100,146 persons incarcerat​​ed throughout the United States, with 1,324,464 individuals in federal or...

As our society progresses and evolves, we understand more about mental illness and mental illness has become less stigmatized as a...

The United States incarcerates more individuals than any other nation in the world. In numbers, that means 2.3 million adults are...