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Community Corrections: Profiteering, Corruption and Widening the Net
How is it that so-called reform measures, marketed as reducing prison populations, will ultimately widen the net?
Talk Nation Radio: Maya Schenwar on Why Prison Doesn’t Work
Maya Schenwar is the author of “Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better.”
Truthout Interviews Maya Schenwar on Why Prisons Don’t Work
Maya Schenwar's knowledge of the criminal justice system is not purely theoretical.
“Locked Down, Locked Out”: What It Means to Be a Prison Abolitionist
Maya Schenwar talks about her own transformation as a journalist, activist and sister and what it means to be a prison abolitionist.
Why Prisons Don’t Work and How We Can Do Better: A Conversation With Maya Schenwar
How do we address the harm violent offenders cause without relying on locking them in cages?
The Myth of “Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform”: Mississippi Close-Up
No. Mississippi is not our Model of Criminal Justice Reform.
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The Case for Closing Down Women’s Prisons
Women are disproportionately affected by a prison system designed for men.
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Prison Destroys Families and Communities at Society’s Expense
In this excerpt from Locked Down, Locked Out, Maya Schenwar delves into the damage wrought by prison on families.
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The Case of the Dallas 6: Torture and Retaliation Against Prisoner Whistleblowers
The Dallas 6 are part of a national movement of prisoners using peaceful resistance to counter rampant abuses in solitary.
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Confidence Men and “Prison Reform“
Confidence Men are steering the purported conservative-Right push for “prison reform.”