A federal judge considers if the president’s executive order barring hormone treatment in the Bureau of Prisons is cruel and ...

Tennessee death row inmate Oscar Smith is scheduled to be executed Thursday, marking the state’s first execution in more than ...

A federal court ruled last year that Humboldt residents can challenge county fines for illegal cannabis operations. Now, ...

In 2023, Indiana passed a law banning the use of state resources toward gender-affirming surgery for inmates, even in cases ...

The Eighth Amendment guarantees incarcerated people the right to basic healthcare and hygiene, but at many lockups at the local, state, and federal levels, the ban on cruel and unusual punishment ...

This is a lesson that death penalty opponents need to keep in mind before they endorse any execution method or say that it meets the requirements of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel ...

Proposition 313 didn’t offer exemptions for teen victims forced by pimps to recruit, a violation of the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution’s extreme punishment clause. And while this new ...

GDC had 49 days to make changes or else face lawsuits. It’s been 233 days. All GDC has done is issue rubber spoons that can't ...