Tag: mass incarceration
In Maximum Security Prison, the System Works to Deny Us Transfers
Since 2018, I have been incarcerated in a maximum security unit of Michigan’s Baraga ...
WA Prisons Expanded Gradual Reentry. COVID Is an Excuse to Block Us.
In 2018, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) implemented a Graduated Reentry (GRE) ...
What’s Motivating the DA Charging a Minor With Drug-Induced Homicide?
After taking office in 2011, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen helped lead ...
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Rapidly Backpedals on Radical Reforms
Alvin Bragg, a former state and federal prosecutor, won the competitive 2021 Manhattan district ...
Federal Prisons Director to Resign Amid Staff Corruption, COVID Failures
Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal is resigning in the wake of highly ...
New York Prisons Punished 1,600 People for False Drug Test Results
On January 5, New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang released a report that ...
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Issues Far-Reaching Decarceration Plan
On the campaign trail for Manhattan district attorney in 2021, Alvin Bragg was seen ...
As Illinois Terminates Its ICE Contracts, an Indiana County Angles to Sweep Up Detainees—and Profits
In August, the state of Illinois agreed to end immigrant detention and restrict the ...
Governor Newsom Owes It to Voters to End California’s Drug War
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has comfortably won the recall election aimed at removing ...
WI Judge Defies the Law by Doubling as a “Probation Officer”
In the opinion of Amanda Skorr, an attorney and former public defender, Outagamie County, ...
