The U.S. Department of Justice has reversed position on another major civil rights issue. The DOJ backed away from its years-long claim that the GOP-led Texas legislature intended to disenfranchise poor and minority voters...
In an op-ed published by the Washington Post, President Obama announced some major changes to bring more humanity to the criminal justice system. Tanya Snyder has more. Download Audio FSRN Profile: Meet Steven Czifra,...
In a Washington Post op-ed, President Obama announced dramatic reforms to the federal prison system’s use of solitary confinement, including slashing the amount of time an individual should spend in solitary and abolishing it...
A prisoner exchange with Iran resulted in 11 people freed from prisons Saturday, seven Iranians from US prisons and four dual-citizens from Iranian detention. A twelfth person was also released, though separately from the...
New York City officials announced a plan this week that would amount to long sought-after changes in Rikers Island, one of the largest prisons in the United States. Linda Perry Barr has more from...
As part of FSRN’s profile series, we meet Steven Czifra, who’s spent a total of 16 years in California prisons. For eight of those years, he was held in solitary confinement. Czifra spent four...
[Note for stations: This report contains graphic imagery.] The use of solitary confinement in prisons has come under increased national scrutiny as of late, with many of its critics describing it as torture. While...
Lawyers representing a group of California prisoners are in an Oakland federal court today, in an attempt to win class action certification for a lawsuit challenging the state’s use of solitary confinement. This comes...
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