New Legislation on the Death Penalty This Year
By The Death Penalty Information Center The first month of 2024 marks the start of new legislative sessions for many states and a number of new proposals pertaining to the…
One Year Since Tortuguita’s Killing: A Reflection on our Coverage of the Movement Against ‘Cop City’ and the First Eco-Activist Killed in the US
By Unicorn Riot Thursday, January 18, 2024, marks one year since Manuel “Tortuguita” Esteban Paez Terán was killed by police in the South River Forest outside Atlanta. A 26-year-old queer…
Food Insecurity in Prison Makes People Like Me Vulnerable to Labor Exploitation
The inadequacy of prison food exposes us to forced labor and sexual abuse in our desperation for adequate nutrition.
The Most Creative Entrepreneurs Are in Prison
Combine inflation with stagnant wages, and the prison economy gets even more busy.
New Quattrone Center Report Shows Use of Presumptive Field Tests in Drug Arrests is One of Largest Known Contributing Factors to Wrongful Arrests, Convictions
A pathbreaking Quattrone Center report shows that the use of presumptive field tests in drug arrests is one of largest known contributing factors to wrongful arrests and convictions.
Challenging the Criminalization of Trauma Survivors
The criminal legal system traumatizes survivors. Noncarceral alternatives are key to breaking the cycle of violence.
Five Victories Against Wrongful Convictions in the First Week of the Year
The new year has been off to a great start with four exonerations in just five days — but what does that say about our criminal justice system’s conviction practices…
20 Years Too Many, Free Simon Trinidad Now!
By Fight Back! News On January 2, 2004, under the orders of the U.S. government and the CIA, Ecuadorian and Colombian forces kidnapped and arrested Colombian revolutionary Simon Trinidad. 20…
Prison Treats Me Like an Animal. I Write to Reclaim My Humanity.
I’ve been confined for 27 years to a concrete box, and prison staff treat me like an animal branded with a number.
A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being…
They Were Wrongfully Convicted. Now They’re Denied Compensation Despite Michigan Law.
The state can provide the wrongfully convicted compensation of $50,000 for each year of incarceration, but the law’s narrow criteria and confusion over eligibility leave former prisoners facing another system…
Abolition Is a Global Movement. Here’s What We Learned From Allies Worldwide.
To make abolition possible, grassroots groups of people directly impacted by incarceration must mobilize globally.
Dems Claim to Oppose Mass Incarceration, But Blue State Commutations Are Falling
Commutations plummeted from 2020 record highs in California and Illinois. Are presidential ambitions to blame?
Old-School Hair Analysis Is Junk Science. But It Still Keeps People Behind Bars
The technique, developed before DNA testing, can’t definitively tie suspects to crime scenes.Try explaining that to juries — or some judges.
Minnesota Man Who Was Arrested at 16 Exonerated After 19 Years in Prison
By Equal Justice Initiative This article was originally published by the Equal Justice Initiative. On December 11, Marvin Haynes was released after 19 years in prison for a crime he…