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Mass Incarceration
Resisting Mass Incarceration by Bringing Black Women Home for Mother’s Day
This Mother's Day, SONG has organized “Mama's Day Bail Out,” campaign to bail out Black women leading up to the holiday.
The Gentrification-to-Prison Pipeline
Many of the incarcerated have this in common — they start out as casualties of “redevelopment.”
Fighting Kentucky’s Policy of Lifetime Disenfranchisement
Mantell Stevens is organizer with working to end Kentucky's policy of lifetime disenfranchisement.
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“When a Parent Is Taken Away, It’s Like a Death”: Two States Consider Bills to Keep Parents Out of Jail
The dehumanizing environment of a jail is no place to visit a parent, but millions of US children have no choice.
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In the Fight to Close Rikers, Don’t Forget Deaf and Disabled People
People with disabilities are among the hardest hit by the crushing weight of mass incarceration.
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Mass Incarceration in the Cornfields: Shattered Families and Racial Profiling in Small-Town America
In the shadow of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Black families are ripped apart by mass incarceration.
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Double Punishment: After Prison, Moms Face Legal Battles to Reunite With Kids
Incarcerated parents — usually mothers — have to meet formidable benchmarks to avoid permanently losing custody.
Fighting Mass Incarceration Under Trump: New Strategies, New Alliances
We cannot hope for a shift toward prison reform under the self-declared “law-and-order” president-elect.
Jails in LA County Knowingly Expose Prisoners to Deadly Fungal Infection
LA County is building a new jail in an area where valley fever — a potentially fatal fungal infection — is endemic.
Will Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions Revamp the War on Drugs to Preserve White Power?
Advocates warn that Jeff Sessions would jumpstart the drug war to crush communities of color.