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Drug Sentence Reduction to Apply Even to Pending Cases Says Attorney General Eric Holder

Perhaps associating especially addictive behavior with long, expensive prison sentences would inevitably lead to prison overcrowding, and among developed nations,…

Norwegian Prison that Respects and Trusts its Prisoners

An island prison in Norway, Bastoy prison, is testing Western notions of what justice means for murderers, rapists, and lesser…

HIV Prison Segregation Ends in Alabama

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled to end the segregation of prisoners with HIV in Alabama on the…