Definition
“Prisoner abuse is the mistreatment of persons while they are under arrest or incarcerated, therefore deprived of the right of self-defense against acting authorities and generally defenseless in actual fact.” Taken from Wikipedia.
“Prisoner abuse is the mistreatment of persons while they are under arrest or incarcerated, therefore deprived of the right of self-defense against acting authorities and generally defenseless in actual fact.” Taken from Wikipedia.
The Marshall Project: Prison Abuse
Human Rights Watch: Prisoner Abuse
American Friends Service Committee: Torture in U.S. Prisons
ACLU: Solitary Confinement
Human Rights News, Views, & Info
NAACP: Criminal Justice Fact Sheet
Library of Law and Liberty: Facts and Myths of Mass Incarceration
The Atlantic: Rape in the American Prison
The Nation: Why Americans Don’t Care About Prison Rape
Newsweek: Texas – The Prison Rape Capital of the U.S.
Newsweek: 18 Facts You Need to Know About U.S. Prisons
The New Yorker: Madness (article about mentally ill inmates)
The New York Times: Sex Abuse in Prisons
CNN: Why U.S. Inmates Launched a Nationwide Strike
NPR: Mass Incarceration is a Major U.S. Issue
CNN: Justice Department Seeks Increase in Private Prison Beds