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Mass Incarceration
Long Sentences and No Federal Parole Deepen Crisis of Mass Incarceration
"Even though I've been called every name in the book by my prosecutor, former US Attorney Christopher Christie, and labeled as the 25-year-old ‘mastermind’ who deserved to serve a …
For Black Women, Domestic Violence and State Violence Go Hand in Hand
For many black women like Marissa Alexander, instead of support and healing, defending themselves from domestic violence can lead to the loss of freedom through incarceration.
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“I Never Want Anyone Else to Go Through What I Did“
Women still behind bars have contributed to the fight for reproductive justice.
Truthout Interviews Featuring James Kilgore on Reversing Mass Incarceration in the US
Ted Asregadoo talks to author and research scholar at the University of Illinois' Center for African Studies James Kilgore.
“Government, Not Gangsters, Should Control the Drug Market”: But Will That Stop Mass Incarceration?
Will the Global Commission on Drug Policy's recommendations for decriminalization of drug use stem the tide of disproportionate imprisonment of people of color in the US?
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What the Movement Against Mass Incarceration Can Learn From the Struggle for Climate Justice
The movement against mass incarceration can learn much from the struggle for climate justice. Environmental justice activists' engagement with governments, global organizations and corporations holds many lessons in fighting …
In Our Society, Poor People Are Waste Disposal Units
We need to put a halt to the systems that hide and perpetuate inequality. We need to decouple from an economy of infinite choice, an economy of disposability.
25th Anniversary of President George H.W. Bush’s Infamous Oval Office Speech Escalating “War on Drugs”
On September 5th, 1989 President George H.W. Bush gave a speech from the Oval Office that defined a generation.
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Will Obama’s Commutation Allow Grandma Hardy and Thousands of Drug War Prisoners to Finally Go Home?
The Obama administration and the US Sentencing Commission are allowing drug war prisoners to retroactively apply for commutation and reduced sentences. But will these changes actually allow 71-year-old Phyllis …
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What Happens to a Society When It Turns Against Many of Its Children and Imprisons Them?
If we want to change the United States' senseless addiction to incarceration, the best possible place to start is transforming how our justice system treats our children.