Prisoner's rights

Media plaintiffs, prisoners' rights groups, and prisoners sued the State of Pennsylvania Attorney General in the Middle District of Pennsylvania…

A convicted terrorist claiming that the limits on communication he faces while serving a life sentence at a federal penitentiary…

A statement that someone is a member of a certain prison gang, when he merely conspired with its members, is…

An incarcerated felon who placed a personal advertisement on a website is a limited purpose public figure who could not…

The media will not be allowed to interview a prisoner slated to be executed by firing squad in Utah, The…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear the appeal of a death row inmate who argued…

Wisconsin prison officials have released video footage of a guard detonating a grenade typically used for outdoor crowd control in…

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a regulation barring prisoners on death row in the federal system from meeting…

The Defense Department does not have to release the names of Guantanamo Bay detainees who reported abuse by military personnel…

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion Friday to stop the censorship of torture and abuse allegations that have…