We need to overcome the lack of imagination that binds policy to outdated ideas about juvenile punishment.
Prisons & Policing
The Senate passed the sentencing reform bill on Tuesday night in an 87-12 vote.
The First Step Act would increase the use of "digital prisons" — technologies that turn people's homes into jails.
Activists say moonlighting by deputies has created a blurred line between corporate and public interests.
The exchange programs have been devastating for both communities of color in the US and Palestinians.
The threat of anti-Semitic violence won't be stopped by armed guards or an increased police presence.
Investigative journalist John Carlos Frey discusses the case.
The state sees me as disposable. But I don’t think of myself as garbage, and I don't want to die.
Democracy Now! interviews incarcerated firefighters.
The bill currently being put forward is both weak and dangerous.