Criminal Punishment & the Death Penalty:

Amnesty International. 2007. "'Where is the Justice for Me?' The Case of Troy Davis, facing execution in Georgia." Summary of the case where a Georgia man on death row may be innocent, but came within 24 hours of execution three times and is still on death row.

California Bar Foundation. May 2009. "Seniors and the Law: A Guide for Maturing Californians." Third report in this series of consumer education guides, published in both English and Spanish. While addressing California-specific laws, this guide provides relevant information for all states on many legal issues confronting seniors, such as finances, caregiving, remarriage and estate planning.

California Bar Foundation. 2008. "When You Become 18: A Survival Guide for Teenagers." Provides basic legal advice for how the law treats teenagers once you turn 18.

California Bar Foundation. 2007. "Kids and the Law: An A-to-Z Guide for Parents." California-centered guide, but good for all states.

Partnership for Safety and Justice. June 22, 2009. "Justice Matters" Spring 2009. This issue of the quarterly newsletter includes articles on the Oregon Budget, 'Justice Reinvestment' and how community supervision would be more effective than prison.

Pew Center on the States. March 2009. "One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections." This report examines the scale and cost of prison, jail, probation and parole in each of the 50 states, and provides a blueprint for states to cut both crime and spending by reallocating prison expenses to fund stronger supervision of the large number of offenders in the community.

Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia and the American Bar Association’s Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions. January 2009. “Internal Exile: Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction in Federal Laws and Regulations.” This study outlines the collateral consequences of a felony conviction arising under federal statutes and regulations.

Rothstein, Melissa and Lovisa Stannow. July 2009. “Improving Prison Oversight to Address Sexual Violence in Detention.” American Constitution Society for Law and Poverty. Addresses sexual abuse in detention as a human rights and public health crisis.

Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, Vernor Munoz. April 2, 2009. "The Right to Education of Persons in Detention." The Rapporteur's first annual report is devoted to the question of the right to education of persons in detention, 'a group subject to discrimination generally and to discrimination in the provision of education specifically'.

Stahl, Lesley. March 2009. "Eyewitness: How Accurate is Visual Memory?" 60 Minutes.

Stop Prisoner Rape. February 16-17, 2007. “In Our Experience: Recommendations by Prisoner Rape Survivors to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission.” Los Angeles, CA. Report from the Prisoner Rape Survivor Summit.

Stop Prisoner Rape. 2007. “Stories from Inside: Prisoner Rape and the War on Drugs.” Stories from former prisoners, linking the war on drugs to prison rape.

Second & Third Periodic Report U.S. to UN Committee on Human Rights ICCPR 2005
Death Penalty NACDL Statement to Committee (2006)
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Statement to HRC
Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee Against Torture 2005
Torture By the United States: World Organization for Human Rights USA
Torture, Arbitrary Detention and other Major Human Rights Abuses by the United States
Human Rights Watch Memorandum on US Criminal Punishment practices
HRW Submission to Committee Against Torture
US Responds to Committee on Torture (2006)
Incarceration and Crime: A Complex Relationship
Alternatives to Death Penalty
Health in Prisons (PRI)
Women in Prison (PRI)
10-point plan for juvenile justice
A New Agenda for Penal Reform (PRI)
Death Row USA (2007)
Prison Phone Rates FAQs