Law

Why these prisoners are getting law degrees behind bars

Helping prisoners get a legal education benefits them and the world, says African Prisons Project founder Alexander McLean: They can help their fellow inmates with their legal e...

A brief history of secret prisons in the United States

Secret prisons reflect a parallel legal system for prisoners who are denied access to communications, deprived of their due process rights, and hidden from public scrutiny. Inve...

Smart ways to think about racism and injustice in the U.S. today

“When police officers, acting in their duty as government officials and the enforcers of our laws, when they kill someone, that’s the death penalty.” There has been a lot of hea...