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Incarceration
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I Spent 14 Months in Jail Because I Couldn’t Pay My Way Out
A 20-second bond hearing changed the lives of Lavette Mayes and her children because she couldn't afford bail.
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“I Have to Hold My Family Together”: The Hidden Costs of Prison Visits
After New York State ended a free bussing service designed to help families visit incarcerated loved ones in 2011, visits have plummeted.
“We Don’t Have the Rule of Law”: Barrett Brown on Prison, Journalism and More
We can only survive as a country to the extent that we do not enforce our own laws, says journalist Barrett Brown.
Directly Impacted Youth Are Leading Fights Against Racism and the Criminal Punishment System
Youth who are impacted by racism and mass incarceration are seeking collective liberation and changes in criminal legal policy.
What Bail Does Is Coerce Guilty Pleas
CounterSpin interview with Arissa Hall on Mama's Bailout Day.
Fighting Kentucky’s Policy of Lifetime Disenfranchisement
Mantell Stevens is organizer with working to end Kentucky's policy of lifetime disenfranchisement.
Sentenced to Shut Up: To Protect Free Expression, Curb Prison Censorship
Prisons and jails saddle people with senseless restrictions on their ability to speak, write, and receive information.
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Facing Up to Our Shadow Side With Compassion
Restorative justice makes real the fact that conflict, pain, suffering and crime are part of all our lives.
Why Tax Resistance Under Trump Needs Its Antiwar Edge
There have always been fights about taxes — and there have always been demonstrations on April 15.
The Bill of Rights at the Border: Fourth Amendment Limits on Searching Your Data and Devices
Hundreds of thousands of people enter the US every day and a lot of technology enters with them.