Landmark settlement ends long-term solitary confinement in Calif. prisons
Some 2,858 inmates were reportedly held in solitary; some for 10, 20 or even 30 years, spending all but an hour or so of their day isolated in tiny cement-lined cells.
California inmates go on hunger strike (audio)
Inmates in California are risking their lives against a form of punishment many say is worse than death.
Court rules in favor of voting rights for felons
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle, Wash., in a 2-1 decision Tuesday, has ruled in favor of felons the right to vote in state prisons there.
