Tag: mass incarceration
Judge Keeps NJ Immigrant Detention Center Open, as Fight Continues
New Jersey’s last immigrant detention center, in the city of Elizabeth, will remain open ...
Receiver Could Soon Take Over Rikers Island, After New Damning Report
The political and legal battle over the future of New York City’s Rikers Island ...
LA Will End Most Pre-Trial Detention, Amid US Push to Abolish Cash Bail
On July 18, Los Angeles County announced a plan to drastically reduce its reliance ...
COVID Left Our Private Prison With a New Normal: “Rolling Lockdowns”
Like with so many prisons across the country, the pandemic sent Tennessee’s South Central ...
GA Escalation of Gang Prosecutions Boosts Gang Power in Prisons
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) has been bolstering his “tough on crime” agenda by ...
Biden Under Fire for Backing Harsh GOP Fentanyl-Substances Bill
On May 23, a coalition of 20 national advocacy organizations sent an open letter ...
“In the Dark”—the Wait for Another Unexplained Parole Denial
The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles consists of five people who report ...
Will CA Supreme Court Force DA Gascón to Use “Three Strikes” Law?
Of all the reformist prosecutors elected since 2015, almost none have been pummeled quite ...
Multiple GA Prisoners Killed, During DOJ Visit to Investigate Violence
Over 18 months ago, the Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation into an ...
On 4/20, Advocates Demand Federal Cannabis Legalization and Justice
April 20, “4/20,” has long been established as an unofficial holiday to celebrate the ...
