No New Beds
By Micah Herskind, Priscilla Grim and October Krausch, In These Times. How one coalition is challenging the construction of mega-jails in Georgia. New jail construction is quietly booming across the…
Is There a Future Without Incarceration? Abolitionist Art Shows Us One.
By Nicholas Powers This article was originally published by Truthout Prison abolitionist art creates a future to briefly live in, and from that place, turn and look at our present.…
Cooking for My Incarcerated Community Affirms Our Shared Humanity
Sharing meals anchors us both to our lives outside the prison walls and to each other in one of the most toxic environments anywhere. Ron Guier for Wagging Nonviolence My…
As California Limits Water Use, People in Prison Face Punishment for Showering
By Steve Brooks & Olivia Heffernan , Originally Published on Truthout As droughts, extreme heat, and other climate disasters increasingly plague California, people throughout the state have been subject to…
Both Prisons and the Public Rely On Incarcerated Writers
New York tried and failed to limit art and writing behind bars. The attempt should remind us all of the public and personal benefits of encouraging creative expression inside.
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?
How Sharing a Meal Cuts Through the Violence in Prison
Once I decided that violence was not an option, I found the humanity in my fellow prisoners through the simple act of sharing food.
‘We’re a community’: These Groups are Working to Bail Out Incarcerated Women in Time for Mother’s Day
The National Bail Out effort is a collective of local and national Black-led organizations that plan Mama’s Day Bail Out events around the country.
New Report Shows Mass Incarceration Doesn’t Stop at the Prison Walls
Report ranks states' use of “correctional control” to provide the full picture of mass supervision in the U.S.
A Comprehensive Report on Incarceration and Women Outlines the Gender Disparities
The Prison Policy Initiative looks at a fast-growing group in the incarceration system and the challenges they are more likely to face.
These Men Fought White Supremacists and Got Sentenced to Over 200 Years
How the criminal legal system slammed two Black men for standing up to white supremacist guards in an Indiana prison.
Life Without Parole Prisoners Reignite Movement to End Mass Incarceration
A 50-year-old organization led by prisoners with life sentences has emerged from a COVID shutdown to fight for the abolition of legalized slavery.
Formerly Incarcerated People Seek Discrimination Protection as “Protected Class”
Formerly incarcerated people in Atlanta won collective protection from discrimination, inspiring organizing nationwide.
More Women Are Being Detained as Jail Populations Near Pre-COVID Levels
A look at incarceration trends shows that as jails fill back up, women are being booked at a faster rate.
Their Children Struggled With Addiction. Now They’re Fighting Against the War on Drugs
A growing number of parents see the war on drugs as an abject failure that harmed their kids.