Prisons

Taylor, a single mother of three, recalls how her dire economic situation and struggle to find employment led to her criminalization for being “poor while Black.”

These mothers are fighting for their children's rights - and a better, more equitable tomorrow.

New books on mass incarceration offer fresh information and cast a critical eye on our existing understandings.

Mr. Abu-Jamal has life-threatening medical conditions that have been caused and/or exacerbated by his conditions of confinement.

Parker, a home care worker, feels overwhelmed by years of trying to solve the problem of how to keep her mentally ill son from cycling in and out of …

Thanks to kickbacks from phone companies, state and local governments have every reason to keep their prison cells filled, no matter what the cost to the rest of society.

It's justice by geography.

The Pentagon is doing just barely enough to look busy but not enough to achieve actual closure of the prison as ordered by the president.

Hinton is one of the longest-serving death row prisoners to be freed.

Glenn Ford was freed in March 2014.