Tag: incarceration
Cages Don’t Always Have Bars: How “Reforms” Swelled the Carceral State
Place Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law together on a street corner in an impoverished ...
Congress Must Pass COVID-19 Legislation to Depopulate Jails and Prisons
In May, the US House of Representatives passed CARES 2—the HEROES Act—another legislative package ...
What Marijuana Legalization Would Mean for Criminal Justice in Arizona
Marijuana legalization is headed to the ballot in Arizona this November. If successful, the ...
Drive to Free Black Woman With Marijuana Life Sentence Exposes “Habitual Criminal” Laws
“Give a mother the chance to hold her child again.” So reads a petition, ...
How Would Dismantling the DHS Affect the War on Drugs?
It’s time to abolish the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), writes ACLU Director ...
Will Californians Vote to Eliminate Cash Bail in November?
Voters in the nation’s largest state will have the chance in November to decide ...
Prisoners’ Justice Day Is Every Day for Those of Us Who Have Lived Inside
Prisoners’ Justice Day is every day of the year to all of us who ...
ACLU: COVID-19 Decarceration Did Not Increase Crime
Decarceration measures taken by county jails this past spring to mitigate the spread of ...
A Unanimous Decision From St. Louis Lawmakers to Close Its Notorious Jail
The fate of the most notorious jail in St. Louis is nearly sealed. On July ...
How Washington, DC’s Lack of Statehood Hurts Black and Poor Residents
A debate over democracy and racial justice is raging on the federal government’s doorstep. ...
