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Mass Incarceration
A Woman Endured Abuse, Trafficking and Prison. Now She Faces Deportation.
A trafficking and abuse survivor was granted clemency, but without a pardon she still faces deportation.
Psychiatric Incarceration Isn’t Treatment — It’s Violence, Survivors Say
After the murder of Jordan Neely, NYC’s mayor doubled down on his plan to disappear those who “appear mentally ill.”
Experts Cite the Health Impacts of Incarceration as US Life Expectancy Falls
“The worse the prison conditions, the more likely it is incarceration can be tied to excess mortality,” said one expert.
These Women Face Death by Incarceration, But They’re Organizing for Their Lives
A new report highlights the experiences those sentenced to death by incarceration in Pennsylvania’s women’s prisons.
While You’re Lighting Up on 4/20, I’m Serving Decades in Prison for Selling Weed
I was sentenced in 1998 to 40 years in prison for selling marijuana. Even as it is decriminalized, I remain behind bars.
Lashawn Thompson’s Family Demands Justice: He Was “Eaten Alive” by Bugs in Jail
The family is demanding a criminal investigation and that the jail be shut down.
Formerly Incarcerated People Seek Discrimination Protection as “Protected Class”
Formerly incarcerated people in Atlanta won collective protection from discrimination, inspiring organizing nationwide.
Biden Pledged to Take On “Junk Fees.” He Should Start With Jails and Prisons.
Private prison companies use junk fees to extract profits from incarcerated people who have no other options.
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.
Biden’s Safer America Plan Will Harm Already Hyper-Policed Communities
A safer plan for America would invest in its people by promoting alternative deterrents to violence.