Truthout
Mass Incarceration
Despite Reforms, US Remains the World’s Most Incarcerated Nation
Thirty percent of the world's incarcerated women are in the US.
The $2 Billion Bail Industry Is Facing an Existential Crisis
It will take more than bail reform to end mass incarceration.
Tucson Draws the Line on Prison Privatization
For-profit incarceration must end everywhere.
Changing Parole Boards Is One Step Toward Weakening Mass Incarceration
New York State shifts away from permanent punishment.
Rotten and Rat-Infested: The Appalling Food and Health Care Conditions Facing US Prisoners
The conditions of food and healthcare for inmates are sickening -- literally.
From Stephon Clark to Voter Suppression, the Attack on Black America Intensifies
Here are three interlocking cycles that fuse into the vortex of second-tier citizenship for Black America: a pre-existing racialized poverty, aggressive policing and voter disenfranchisement.
I Am Buried Alive in a Michigan Prison
Make no mistake: Solitary confinement is torture.
Let’s Imagine a National Organizing Effort to Challenge Mass Incarceration
Prisons and policing sustain US capitalism.
Climate Change Meets Mass Incarceration: California’s Incarcerated Firefighters
Prisoners fight fires for low wages.
Michelle Alexander and Paul Butler Talking About “Chokehold: Policing Black Men”
A conversation about white supremacy and the criminal legal system.