On American Prisons

A collection of items on national incarceration
information from various sources

Cruel & Unusual History
Article by Gilbert King in NYTimes on April 23, 2008, about Supreme Court's death penalty rulings.

Adam Liptak Series in New York Times
Adam Liptak is the New York Times' Legal Correspondent. Read his series on American Justice in the Times. Articles in this series examine commonplace aspects of the American justice system that are virtually unique in the world.

Prison Spending Outpaces All but Medicaid
By SOLOMON MOORE | NYTimes | 3/3/09

The Dog Eats Its Tail
A discussion of education and incarceration in the US

Is Solitary a form of Torture?
Hellhole - The United States holds tens of thousands of inmates in long-term solitary confinement. Is this torture? by Atul Gawande in The New Yorker, March 30, 2009