Category: criminal justice
A Woman’s Calls Sustained Her Incarcerated Grandson. Now a Law in Her Name Will Lower Prison Phone Rates.
Fired Memphis Cops Charged With Second-Degree Murder for Killing Tyre Nichols
Movement to Stop Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Calls for Support After Police Kill Forest Defender
Activists Demand Independent Investigation After Cops Kill Protester in Atlanta
Massive Evidence Storage Facility Fire Sheds Light on Sloppy NYPD Practices
Biden’s Safer America Plan Will Harm Already Hyper-Policed Communities
Ashley Diamond Won a Legal Victory to Protect Incarcerated Trans People in 2016. Now, She’s Suing Again.
Record Police Killings in 2022 Show Need to Continue Organizing for Abolition
More Women Are Being Detained as Jail Populations Near Pre-COVID Levels
26 Dems in Congress Urge DOJ to Continue Moratorium on Federal Executions
Let 2023 Be the Year of Dismantling Incarceration
The First Big Strike of 2023 May Happen Behind Prison Walls
Illinois Will Be the First State to Eliminate Cash Bail. Here’s Why Women Led the Push for Reform.
As Temperature Drops, Incarcerated People Prepare for Dangerously Cold Conditions
The Holidays are the Most Painful Time of the Year to be Behind Bars
Incarcerated Organizers Who Won Their Freedom Now Facing Deportation
Congress Has One Last Chance to Abolish the Crack Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
Mental Health of Incarcerated LGBTQ+ Youth Is Understudied — But New Analysis Shows Kids Are in Crisis
2022 Was Rikers Island’s Deadliest Year. Again.
Despite US Opposition, UN Passes Resolution Condemning Death Penalty
After 41 Years in Prison, Mumia Abu-Jamal May Finally Get a Chance for New Trial
New York Times Fails To See Its Own Hypocritical Practices
GOP Ads Cry ‘Crime!’ But Homicides Are Actually Falling
Building “Feminist Jails” Ignores a Larger Problem
US Private Prison Industry: Profiting From Exploitation and Suffering
Being Pregnant in Prison Is a Nightmare That Won’t Be Ended by One Bill Alone
Jail Telecom Company Offered Sheriffs Caribbean Cruises and Florida Retreats
