For more than 40 years, the United States—a nation that putatively cherishes freedom—has had one of the largest prison systems in the world. Mass incarceration has been so persistent and pervasive that reform groups dedicated to reducing the prison ...

The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared inclined to reject a Rastafarian man's bid to sue state prison officials in Louisiana after guards shaved him bald in violation of his religious beliefs.

Most people who die in prison die alone. Programs like the one at California Medical Facility aim to prevent that.

The justices heard oral arguments in Landor v. Louisiana where they are asked to decide if a man can sue prison guards after his religious rights were violated.