The prisoners write in carefully lettered script or on old electric typewriters. There are sometimes grammatical errors or misspellings. But the language is direct. They describe facing Stage 4 ...

Victor Glasberg, a civil-rights attorney in Virginia, has represented prisoners for decades and successfully litigated an Eighth Amendment case about conditions on the commonwealth's death row.

Victor Glasberg, a civil-rights attorney in Virginia, has represented prisoners for decades and successfully litigated an Eighth Amendment case about conditions on the commonwealth's death row.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from moving transgender women prisoners into men’s facilities or ... his ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases Monday over whether sentencing minors to life in prison without a chance ... violate the Constitution's Eighth Amendment.

Her transfer to a men’s prison also would violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, the lawsuit states. The president’s “blanket ban” that denies ...

This is not in any way lessening due process for those who are convicted and are facing the death penalty,” said Rep. Bruce ...

Both have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria and prescribed hormone therapy by prison doctors. Longstanding court precedents ... and unusual punishment and are thus prohibited by the 8th Amendment ...