
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
