Amid Fears of Crime and Mental Illness, States Move To Expand Forced Treatment
Advocates of assisted outpatient treatment say it could reduce homelessness and mass shootings. Critics call it incarceration by another name.
Justice Department: NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Must Wait to Apply for Pardon
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter The United States Justice Department will not grant a waiver to NSA whistleblower Reality Winner so she can apply for a pardon. All individuals…
Bail Reform Helps Countless People. Why Don’t We Hear More of Their Stories?
Personal narratives can help the public understand the benefits of bail reform, but telling these success stories presents its own share of challenges.
28 Years, 160 Arrests: What One Man’s Record Reveals About San Diego’s Broken Justice System
What do you do with people who are repeatedly failed by social services and the legal system?
Roe v. Wade is Gone. A Wave of Criminalization is Coming.
With Roe v. Wade out of the way, the floodgates have opened. States are rushing to pass new laws to criminalize and surveil abortion, and the future before us could…
Thousands on Parole and Probation Face Unique Barriers in Seeking Abortion Care
The recent Supreme Court decision to end Roe v. Wade leaves thousands of women on probation and parole in jeopardy of punishment in accessing abortion care.
Dirty NYPD Detective Responsible for 15 False Convictions Back on the Stand as Judge Reviews 1988 Murder Conviction
Louis Scarcella spread the blame for questionable arrests in which he participated.
‘Perverse’ Supreme Court Ruling ‘Effectively Ensures That Innocent People Will Remain Imprisoned’
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that incarcerated people can't present new evidence in federal court to prove a violation of their Sixth Amendment rights.
Jorja Leap on the American Women and Children We All Conveniently Forget
The UCLA professor joins Robert Scheer to discuss the plight of women who have been incarcerated and their struggles to reenter society.
John Kiriakou: New York’s Prison Crisis
Rikers Island has been in the news lately, but Great Meadow Correctional Facility is even worse.
Plague Journal #13: Trump Plutocrats and Plunderers Confront ‘Black Lives Matter’
If he is unable to bring about civil strife as an electoral tactic, the future of organized, effective opposition is far from clear.
Plague Journal #12: This Year the ‘Tea’ Becomes ‘We’
George Floyd cannot and will not be forgotten!
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James Forman, Jr.: The Immorality of Mass Incarceration
The professor and former public defender discusses his new book "Locking Up Our Own" about the mass incarceration of black men.