California Must Cut Inmate Population

California needs to cut its inmate population from the current 150,000 to about 100,000 in two years, by order of a panel of federal judges. The judges found that the prisons currently are grossly overpopulated, which leads to at least one unnecessary inmate death every week....

In Ohio, Inmate Mothers Care For Babies In Prison

Although this can be a common practice in other countries, in the States, it is less common for mothers to raise children when they are behind bars themselves.In Ohio, at the Reformatory for Women, about 12 babies are currently growing up in a cell as their mothers are all...

'Texas 7' member volunteers to be executed

Michael Rodriguez worked for a year to convince the courts he was competent to drop his appeals and volunteer for the death penalty, and this Thursday he will get his wish.He says he feels remorse for his involvement in a violent prison break and crime spree that saw one...