Social Justice Muslims Sue Arkansas Prisons Over Failure to Offer Prayer Services The lawsuit follows a Supreme Court decision allowing Alabama to deny a Muslim-American man's request to have an imam present at his execution. Massoud Hayoun
News in Brief Viewfinder Viewfinder: Police Respond to a Bomb Threat at a Brooklyn Jail Security staff patrol the grounds of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after reports of a bomb threat at the facility on February 4th, 2019. Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The (Short) PS Interview How Rush City Inmates Organized a Successful Prison Strike Two inmates from a Minnesota state prison discuss organizing a strike—and why they feel rehabilitative programming is still inadequate. Arvind Dilawar
Social Justice A Brief History of Showers as a Treatment and a Torture Showers, now a mainstay of our daily routines, were once a cure for insanity and criminality. Kate Wheeling
Social Justice Why the American Public Is Coming to Reject Lethal Injection The total number of executions is declining, but we're not executing the worst criminals—just the criminals with the worst lawyers. David M. Perry
Social Justice ‘Prisons Need Newspapers for the Same Reasons That the Public Needs Newspapers’ An interview with the managing editor at one of the country's most widely read prison newspapers. Alissa Greenberg
News in Brief The (Short) PS Interview Following a Nationwide Strike, Prisoners Say They Face Repressive Repercussions A member of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee discusses the retaliation prisoners face when fighting for their rights. Arvind Dilawar
Social Justice ‘I Can Be Free Again’: How Music Brings Healing at Sing Sing I've seen firsthand how music can restore what's missing in prison: a respect for humanity. John J. Lennon
Footnotes News in Brief Reporting, Quickly California Will Offer Parole for 4,000 ‘Three-Strike’ Prisoners Facing Life Sentences The latest ruling comes as a success for advocates of criminal justice reform. Emily Moon
Social Justice ‘Cruel and Unusual Punishment’: The Questionable State of Medical Care at Louisiana State Penitentiary Several groups representing inmates at Angola claim the prison's poor living conditions violate the Eighth Amendment. Arvind Dilawar