Tag: mass incarceration
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, ...
Hundreds of Drug War Prisoners in WA Can Now Apply for Commutation
The governor of Washington State on Monday unveiled a new process through which hundreds ...
White House: Biden Considering Clemency for Nonviolent Federal Drug Convictions
President Joe Biden is looking into using his executive authority to grant clemency to ...
Missouri POs Sending People to Prison for Being Medical Marijuana Patients
On June 23, 29-year-old Ray Breer walked through the gates of the Western Reception ...
In Seeking Rural Reform Prosecutors to “Uplift,” Don’t Set the Bar Too Low
Saying the criminal-legal system is a system like saying a forest is a tree. ...
