The Civil War between the United States and the Confederacy was fought over the issue of enslavement. Slavery was the ...

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife are set to assume absolute power after loyalist lawmakers Friday approved a ...

The day after the presidential election, I walked into my school building, and before I could enter my office, a student, who ...

Imaging Justice Conference seek fair compensation and recognition for incarcerated workers in Minnesota's prison system.

Californians didn’t know what they were doing. So say the advocates that want state prison inmates paid the minimum wage of $16 an hour for tasks such as cleaning cells, doing laundry, and cooking ...

California's Proposition 6 and Nevada's Question 4 sounded like similar prison reforms. But key differences may explain the ...

The rule of law, independence of the judiciary, and fundamental human rights can only be guaranteed if democracy and voting ...

It has been 159 years since the 13th Amendment was passed to end slavery. Yet, here in California, prisons are still ...

The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals found that a North Carolina law requiring candidates to disclose felony convictions ...