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Criminal Legal System
Touching My Prison Yard’s Grass Radicalized Me to Take Action Behind Bars
Creating a prison book club provided a safe space for the men around me, where new ways of thinking could be explored.
Louisiana Parents Work to Invest State Resources Into Kids, Not Incarceration
The state spends up to $150,000 on each incarcerated child, which could fund education rather than locking up kids.
33 Years After the ADA, Our Legal System Still Victimizes Disabled People
Communities are far better served when public safety systems help them avoid traumatizing interactions with police.
Immunity Doctrines Have Made the US Constitution Useless — It’s Time to End Them
Overlapping immunity doctrines insulate officials from the consequences of their actions, no matter how egregious.
Criminalized Survivors Face Judgement and Abuse From Their Own Defense Attorneys
Criminalized survivors routinely encounter defense lawyers who are dismissive at best and abusive at worst.
The US Failed Jordan Neely and Banko Brown Long Before They Were Murdered
As housing-insecure Black youth, Banko Brown and Jordan Neely needed care. Instead, they were policed and criminalized.
Ralph Yarl Deserves Justice Beyond What the Criminal Legal System Can Offer
While the man who shot Yarl was not a cop, his whiteness allowed him to bear an invisible badge of the police force.
TX House OKs Bill to Remove Officials Who Refuse to Prosecute Abortion Providers
The bill aims to force left-leaning prosecutors to prosecute abortions — or risk being replaced by an Abbott appointee.
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.
Plea Bargains Are a Tool of Racist Mass Incarceration
The U.S. bases an entire criminal legal system on backroom “deals” that are sure to end in convictions.