A 2018 Elizabeth George Grant for her novel-in-progress,  The Clearest Way into the Universe Mackenzie Smith spends her days at a university … [Read more...]

Borey Ai was 14 years old when he shot and killed a storeowner during a 1996 robbery. It made him the youngest juvenile lifer in California’s prisons. … [Read more...]

A national study shows that between 1970 and 2013 the number of people held in jail before their case was resolved increased at a rate of 436 percent. … [Read more...]

The Canadian prison system has loosened its policy for terminally ill inmates to receive medically assisted death. Prison watchdogs call for a more … [Read more...]

When Ursula K. Le Guin died earlier this year, she left her fans a rich history of literature. In much of that literature she tackled humankind’s … [Read more...]