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Mass Incarceration
States and Local Advocates Lead the Way for Criminal Legal System Reform
A felony conviction, for most, means a life sentence to economic hardship and financial instability among other things.
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US Parole Activists Aim to Overhaul a Failing System
It takes a village to secure a second chance for prisoners.
Profiting Off Mass Incarceration: Detroit Pistons Owner Buys Private Prison Phone Company
Mass incarceration will be profitable under Trump.
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Southerners on New Ground’s Bail Out Continues the Radical Tradition of Black August
An organization is once again raising bail money for Black women.
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Will Altering the 13th Amendment Bring Liberation to the Incarcerated 2.3 Million?
Building a movement to abolish the exclusion clause would be a major step in changing public attitudes about incarcerated people.
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How the US Imposes the Worst of Its Prison Paradigm Abroad
Incarceration rates rise and prisoner treatment worsens in countries where the US runs prison programs.
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Trans People in Prison Fight Barriers to Changing Their Legal Names and Gender Markers
California's SB 310 could ease some of the challenges facing trans people in prison, such as a legal name change.
Moving the Needle on Black Liberation
“We need to center incarcerated people in the conversations about Black lives,” writes incarcerated organizer Emile DeWeaver.
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Prison Rips Babies From the Arms of Their Mothers: A View From Behind Bars
Children are the “collateral damage” of a system obsessed with punishing rather than supporting mothers.
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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.