ICE Wants to Deport This NYC Resident to a Country He Has Never Visited
ICE belives Pascal “Shakoure” Charpentier is a citizen of Haiti. A pardon from Gov. Hochul would keep him from being deported to a country he's never visited.
Much like Prison Visiting Rules, The Use of the Espionage Act is Arbitrary and Punitive
By Jeffrey Sterling / Progressive Hub In Mid-December 2023, Charles Glass, the esteemed writer, journalist, broadcaster, and publisher visited with Julian Assange, an inmate at Belmarsh Prison in the U.K.…
The Fight for Richard Glossip’s Death Row Exoneration
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan / Democracy Now! Countless cases lay bare the raw injustice of the death penalty in the United States. The case of Richard Glossip is…
It’s Known as “Death by Incarceration.” These People Want to End It.
More people are serving life sentences without parole in Pennsylvania than almost anywhere else in America. An increasingly vocal movement is trying to change that.
Problem Newly Revealed in Juvenile Hall Schools: A Failure to Get Kids to Class
A report by legal advocates in California finds “chronic absenteeism” is apparent — even when teens are locked up.
Eric Adams’ Thoughts on Solitary Confinement Are Dangerous and Cruel
On Jan. 19, New York City Mayor Eric Adams vetoed a bill that would have effectively banned solitary confinement in his city’s jails. Incarcerated writer Chris Blackwell and CUNY Law…
Prison Lockdowns Are Becoming More Frequent and More Brutal Across the US
A largely unknown, frightening trend in the US prison system is impacting many incarcerated people and their loved ones.
The Harshest Pains of Prison Are Suffered Inside
In a world where all you have left are your emotions, guilt, anxiety and helplessness are the hardest to bear.
What It’s Like to Live in One of the Country’s Deadliest Prison Systems
Alabama’s prison homicide rate is among the highest in the country, leaving many changed people to die behind bars.
A Prison Librarian’s Efforts to Humanize the Stories of Incarcerated People
After an extensive career in California’s Soledad Prison, Fred Winn’s memoir ‘For the Least of These’ brings into the light the human stories of those demonized by the prison system.
‘Wrong Side of History’: NYC Mayor Adams Vetoes Solitary Confinement Ban
"With this veto, the mayor has condemned New Yorkers to suffer in solitary confinement and isolation, and he did so after the cameras were turned off and backs were turned,"…
In Prison, I Lost the Right to Motherhood
My actions led to a prison sentence meant missing out on many of life’s milestones.
The Most Creative Entrepreneurs Are in Prison
Combine inflation with stagnant wages, and the prison economy gets even more busy.
Colorado Becomes One of the First to Employ an Incarcerated Professor
A new initiative at Adams State — one of the first of its kind in the country — focuses on employing incarcerated people with graduate degrees as college professors, rather…
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.