Tag: criminal injustice
New York Poised to Significantly Restrict Use of Solitary Confinement
New York is on the verge of significantly restricting its use of solitary confinement ...
Will Connecticut Be the First State to Make Prison Phone Calls Free?
Connecticut holds the dismal distinction of being the state with the most expensive prison ...
Report Exposes Mistreatment of Pregnant People in Federal Custody
Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and US Marshals Service (USMS) policies for the treatment of ...
“Extreme and Detrimental”—Texas Prisons’ Crackdown on Greeting Cards
When LaToyia Walker was sent to Texas Lockhart Correctional Facility in 2017, her grandmother ...
Will Oregon Do the Right Thing for People With Marijuana Convictions?
An important political initiative aims to right some of the wrongs of the War ...
California County Eyes Mandatory Drug Treatment Bill
A newly introduced California Assembly bill would sentence people arrested on drug charges to ...
In Texas Prisons, Horror Stories Emerge From Catastrophic Blackout
As a winter storm battered Texas, 4.5 million people lost power. A humanitarian crisis ...
The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty in the US
In July 2020, the federal government shocked activists and advocate by resurrecting the death ...
Detainees at St. Louis City Jail Rise Up to Protest Inhumane Treatment
Dozens of people incarcerated at St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC) protested inhumane and ...
Why Didn’t Rochester’s New Mental Health Crisis Team Prevent Latest Police Brutality?
An incident of police brutality in Rochester, New York, calls into question reforms the ...
