Tag: incarceration
The Ethical Conflict of Social Work Within a Carceral System
On a sweltering summer afternoon, I stood with our mental health team, waiting while ...
A Record Means Discrimination—But National Expungement Week Is Here
For Mauro Melgar, record expungement is not just an abstract policy, it’s something that ...
Vermont Prosecutor Becomes Second in Nation to Stop Seeking Cash Bail
The top prosecutor of Chittenden County (Burlington), Vermont is ending a policy that she ...
The Impact of Family Members’ Incarceration on Black Women’s Mental Health
A new study shows that Black women who have experienced having a family member ...
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 ...
