The American prison system is a carceral continuum that perpetuates cycles of harm, and reform is not the solution, but ...

Dr. Aliasghar Mohyuddin, who believes his signature has been used without his consent on medical records in the California prison system, stands for a portrait at his home on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

Updated at 12:35 p.m. ET on June 26, 2025. 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.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said it will decide whether prison officials can be sued for violating the religious rights of an inmate in a 2020 case involving a Rastafarian whose dreadlocks ...