Tag: incarceration
California Strips Incarcerated People of Complaints Rights During Pandemic
In September last year, the Prison Law Office, a nonprofit working for incarcerated people ...
Even Jails Are Decarcerating More Than State Prisons
State prisons’ efforts to decarcerate during the COVID-19 crisis seem to have been eclipsed ...
Locked in a Crowded TV Room: Pandemic Revelations From a Federal Prison
Like many others affected by the coronavirus crisis, Simon,* a 43-year-old Black man, was ...
The CDC Must Adopt Decarceration as a Matter of Public Health
Even before COVID-19 upended American social and economic life, mass incarceration was devastating communities ...
SSDP Conference: Ending Mass Incarceration Takes More Than Drug Policy Reform
What are the drivers of mass incarceration? It’s a complicated question, with racism and ...
Incarcerated People in Maryland Face Death If We Don’t Act Now
“I am afraid of getting coronavirus. It’s psyching me out a lot, I start ...
Running for Office as a Prison Abolitionist in Deep-Red Indiana
Fort Wayne, a gateway to the American West that started out as a significant ...
“A Load Off Your Chest”—Criminal Record Expungement During the Pandemic
While the coronavirus continues to disrupt American life, activists around the country are not ...
Two Prominent COVID-19 Federal Prison Deaths’ Common Denominator? Joe Biden
“Don’t let yourself or your property get mixed up in the world of illegal ...
Prosecutors’ Lack of Empathy for Jailed People Now Could Cost Them Later
In 2019, Deb Ryan became the first woman and first Democrat to be District ...
