Amid protests for racial equality and police reform, many Americans have called for the dismantling of systemically racist structures within our society. For some, that work begins with defunding (or ...

Valerie Schultz works as a library technical assistant for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., I’m surprised at you. Didn’t your mother ...

Every morning, Anthony Arriaga, 47, serving his 21 st year for a murder conviction, is one of the first men to enter the Sullivan Correctional Facility’s Law Library after me. “What’s up, Lead Counsel ...

Guantánamo prison policy prohibits people from giving individual captives books. So Jacob gave “Ships” to the detention center library with a specific client in mind — forever prisoner Moath al Alwi, ...

Attorney Kosha Tucker looked across the particle-board table at the teen in the detention-center jumpsuit. He stared back in icy silence. “I would go visit him and he would refuse to speak to me,” ...

At East Jersey State Prison, inmates can access the law library to learn about how to file appeals. At East Jersey State Prison, a medium security prison, inmates can access the law library to learn ...

This article is part of Prison Banned Books Week, a campaign that aims to raise awareness of prison censorship. Every morning, Anthony Arriaga, 47, serving his 21 st year for a murder conviction, is ...