Slate

When Arkansas Found the Prison System Cruel and Unusual

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, Emily Bazelon talked with Judith Resnik about her new book, Impermissible Punishments: How Prison ...
Los Angeles Times

Belarusian women political prisoners face systematic abuse and stolen motherhood, U.N. says

TALLINN, Estonia — Antanina Kanavalava says her four years in a Belarusian penal colony as a political prisoner were filled with fear and anguish that still haunt her. She nearly lost parental rights ...
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Female political prisoners in Belarus face abuse, humiliation and threats of losing parental rights

Antanina Kanavalava says her four years in a Belarusian penal colony as a political prisoner were filled with fear and anguish that still haunt her. She nearly lost parental rights to her two young ...
Los Angeles Times

Can California change a dark culture at Chowchilla women’s prison?

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — Gazing across the crowd of women, fresh from county jail in their orange prison jumpsuits, Lena Coleman wishes she could save them all. And it’s her job to try. In July, after 20 ...