UN Human Rights Committee Calls for Moratorium on Life Without Parole in U.S.
Groups fighting Death By Incarceration traveled to Geneva to brief committee for its review of U.S. compliance with human rights treaty.
Pregnancy Criminalization in the US Is an “Avoidable Human Rights Crisis”
“The United States is in the midst of a completely avoidable human rights crisis,” a new report states.
Breaking the Silence: Survivors Speak Out on Rampant Sexual Violence in Prison
Four formerly incarcerated women reflect on the abuse they suffered by correctional officers and staff. The Adult Survivors Act offers them a chance for justice.
Childhood Trauma Is Prison’s Common Denominator
As a peer specialist, I have found that the vast majority of incarcerated people have similar histories.
Prison as Censorship: Exhibition Curated by Mariame Kaba Serves as an Abolitionist Call to Action
“Because prisons are not just someplace else, somewhere else … They are our communities”
How Mistaken Identity Can Lead to Wrongful Convictions
A witness mistakenly identifying an innocent suspect is common in many wrongful conviction cases.
Innocent Lives in the Balance: The Real Risk of Executing the Innocent
Human rights are not political.
Non-Carceral Emergency Response Initiatives require a Cultural Shift
From funding to implementation to use, non-carceral emergency response initiatives require people to unlearn their reliance on police.
Indicting Anarchism, Inventing ‘Terror’: From 1898 to Cop City
State propaganda has long mischaracterized and scapegoated anarchism to maintain a violent status quo
As a Black Woman Accused of Killing a White Man, I Was Never Innocent Until Proven Guilty
If we left behind the oppressive systems that deprive people of their very freedom, what could we create instead?
“If My Life Is to Matter, Then Mail Must Matter. Support Must Matter.”
Timothy James Young has been wrongfully incarcerated on death row since 1999. Letters line his path to freedom.
Police Seek a Radio Silence That Would Mute Critics in the Press
By Ari Paul / Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting As a freelance journalist many years ago, I was walking the streets of Brooklyn, looking for a juicy story, anything that…
Waiting for Exoneration
The case against Carl Miller has collapsed since he was convicted of an infamous 1979 murder. But winning exoneration remains elusive.
Despite 116,000 Signatures, Atlanta Won’t Validate Stop Cop City Petition
City officials are waiting to see if the 11th Circuit Court rules in favor of the activists and forces the validation.
[rewind] Kevin Sharp: It’s Time to Free Leonard Peltier, America’s Longest Serving Political Prisoner
The Native American activist’s attorney tells Robert Scheer why Peltier’s imprisonment is one of the worst miscarriages of justice this country has ever seen.