Justice too late?

The family of a man wrongly incarcerated for rape still seeks justice for him, 10 years after he dies in prison.
NPR

Incarceration should not mean rape

The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission releases its report on controlling prison rape, with a focus on prevention, detection, and response.
Washington Post

You think Gitmo's bad...

...you should see the rest of America's prisons.
Slate

Boy Scouts train kids in SWAT tactics

The Explorers program teaches kids as young as 14 to kick in doors, fire assault weapons, and manhandle suspects.
New York Times

The peace on drugs

What happened when Portugal decriminalized drugs?
TIME

What could be worse than Guantanamo?

U.S. Prisons.
Slate

Reason #23 for printing your family photos at home

In 2005, a WalMart worker reported a grandma to the police after developing some shots of the woman's 3-year-old granddaughter in the bath. The charges were later dropped. However, the arresting DA still thinks he's right.
Reason

Lap-dance therapy?

An Oregon school for troubled adolescents is under investigation. "One 18-year-old former student and victim of rape wept while recounting what happened to her during a Lifesteps seminar. 'They had me dress up as a French maid...I had to sit on guys' laps and give them lap dances.'
TIME

More white inmates

"For the first time since crack cocaine sparked a war on drugs 20 years ago, the number of black Americans in state prisons for drug offenses has fallen sharply, while the number of white prisoners convicted for drug crimes has increased..."
The Washington Post