Our prison system is so deeply inhumane that I wonder how anyone comes out of prison and stays out of trouble. Happily, just as we saw with same-sex marriage, support seems to be building for prison reform. (One of the big discussions in progressive circles is whether we can productively work with conservatives on this issue.)…

Three years ago, the United States Supreme Court ruled that sentencing juveniles to life without parole is unconstitutional. On Monday, the court added a case to its docket that will decide whether its previous ruling should be applied to older cases. If the justices rule in the affirmative, roughly 1,500 people currently in prison would be…