Prisoners' Rights and Incarceration

Civil Liberties Minute: James Arness
Let's consider two recent news stories: the death of actor James Arness who played Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke and the Supreme Court's decision on prison conditions in CA.

Civil Liberties Minute: Denying Care
What should we call the denial of necessary medical care to inmates in Massachusetts and throughout America?

Civil Liberties Minute: The death row donor
Should an inmate in America executed for murder be allowed to donate his organs after the capital punishment is carried out?

Civil Liberties Minute: Strange Bedfellows
On a given issue, civil liberites can make for strange bedfellows. And today, a shout out for former speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich.

Civil Liberties Minute: 30 Years Behind Bars
Why would any person decline the government's invitation to walk out of prison and, instead, spend 30 years behind bars?

Civil Liberties Minute: Jail for the Poor
Can you be sent to jail for being poor?

Civil Liberties Minute: Mass Incarceration
Mass Incarceration: Is this social experiment over?