Mass Incarceration

In this excerpt from Locked Down, Locked Out, Maya Schenwar delves into the damage wrought by prison on families.

Private prisons hold only 8 percent of the US prison population. But for-profit companies have other ways of profiting from incarceration in local jails and state prisons.

As Election Day draws near, what are some of the ways that private prison corporations support their candidates? What do they receive in return?

"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 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.

Women still behind bars have contributed to the fight for reproductive justice.

Ted Asregadoo talks to author and research scholar at the University of Illinois' Center for African Studies James Kilgore.

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?

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 …

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.