AS the nation debates Trent Lott's comments, it is important to understand what segregation really meant. First and foremost, this was not just a bad attitude but a vast set of laws designed to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. The Supreme Court on Tuesday considered whether a California policy of segregating inmates by race for the first 60 days they're in prison violates the Constitution. For California, ...

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court took up a racial segregation case Tuesday that asks if black California inmates are being unconstitutionally bunked together for months at a time, in the name of ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge ruled on Friday to end the segregation of prisoners with HIV in Alabama, agreeing that it violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). "It ...

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WASHINGTON The Supreme Court took up a racial segregation case Tuesday that asks if black California inmates are being unconstitutionally bunked together for months at a time, in the name of keeping ...

WASHINGTON - State prisons cannot temporarily segregate inmates by race except under the most extraordinary circumstances, the Supreme Court said Wednesday, all but ending a long-standing California ...

A national group has agreed to work with Nebraska prison officials to safely reduce the number of inmates in segregation. The state Department of Correctional Services said Tuesday it has been ...

Newly reported data shows that torture continues in federal prison segregation units. It’s an ongoing feature of Ontario provincial jails too. As critical criminology and policy scholars, we publish ...

Prompted by dismal reports from experts, a federal judge in East St. Louis has approved class-action status for a lawsuit aimed at improving conditions for prison inmates in Illinois who’ve been ...