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Evansville Prison abuse
HDRC files suit for murdered Hawaiian prisoner in CCA facility
Prison news
April 30, 2012
Bronson Nunuha was murdered in 2010 in a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) prison in Arizona. However, on February 15, 2012 HRDC filed suit...
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Notorious prison guard abuse accounts sought
Prison abuse
January 18, 2012
Breaking inmate’s leg, framings by planting evidence, fraud, other alleged violence prompts historic court ordered investigationThe hallmark...
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Fears mount as Corcoran prisoners starve for human rights, communications cut
Pelican Bay Prison Hunger Strike
January 13, 2012
Communications blocked from prison where inmates choose to die rather than be tortured Following riots and stab wounds in some California prisons...
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FBI spies on prisoner advocates
Targeted Individuals
January 11, 2012
Spying, mass surveillance and data collection leave no peaceful human or Earth rights defender behind according to new Freedom Of Information...
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Wackenhut/GEO private prison abuse spotlight
Prison abuse
January 10, 2012
Abused inmates cannot sue Wackenhut/GEO in federal courtThe U.S. Supreme Court ruledTuesday that an inmate cannot bring suit in a federal court...
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California nears 'First to Close Youth Prisons' title
home and family
January 7, 2012
Families, youth, human rights groups hail Gov. Brown's aim to close youth prisons for brighter future with safer communities and more peaceful...
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California bill so reporters can interview prisoners progressing
Pelican Bay Prison Hunger Strike
January 6, 2012
Bill to restore freedom of the press, allowing reporters to interview prisoners in person As Gov. Jerry Brown forwards his plan for California to...
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Indefinite detention survivor story could be any American's under NDAA
NDAA
January 3, 2012
United States human rights violations in foreign black sites and American prisons slated to intensify in President Obama's NDAA police state On...
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Breaking News: Man dies in Calif. state-sponsored torture scandal
Pelican Bay Prison Hunger Strike
December 30, 2011
Another Pelican Bay Prison SHU man dead after strip celled, blasted with 'ice cold air' in retaliation for peaceful hunger strike Another...
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Extraordinary interview: In love with tortured man, Compassion for 1000s others
New American heroes
December 23, 2011
Indefinite imprisonment, torture, terror inside California prisons through eyes of woman of courageWhen Kendra Castaneda’s beloved faced...
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