Tag: mass incarceration
Will Tennessee’s Initiative to Formally Outlaw Slavery Help Prisoners?
A ballot initiative in Tennessee would formally outlaw slavery in the state constitution. It ...
Restoring Pell Grants to Prisoners Boosts Our Education—in Theory
In 2023, the Education Department will restore Pell Grant eligibility to incarcerated students and ...
Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner the Latest Target of Anti-Reform Backlash
On September 13, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a resolution holding Philadelphia’s district ...
American Bar Association Calls for the Abolition of Life-Without-Parole
The life-without-parole sentence is barbaric. Decarceration activists call it “death by incarceration.” Pope Francis ...
Why Many of Us Began Playing the Stock Market From Prison
On a Monday morning in June, Derek Collier smiled from atop his bunk in ...
Biden’s “Safer America Plan” Involves Hiring 100,000 More Cops
On July 21, the Biden administration released its “Safer America Plan,” part of its ...
How Prison and Parole Can Pull You Into a Debt Trap
In her late 20s, Laura* sold an eighth of Vitablend to a person who ...
Biden: “We’re Working on” Fulfilling Pledge to Free Marijuana Prisoners
President Joe Biden says his administration is “working on” plans to fulfill his campaign ...
A Pandemic of Anxiety in Prison
For several months, the country’s COVID cases have been in a relative downtrend. In ...
Does Gun Control Have to Mean a “War on Guns”?
On June 25, President Biden signed into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the ...
