Criminal Justice

Gitmo

As Trump’s Inauguration Looms, the Window to Release Guantánamo Detainees Is Closing As Trump’s Inauguration Looms, the Window to Release Guantánamo Detainees Is Closing

Detainees cleared for release fear the Trump administration, which is all but certain to continue indefinite detention.

Jan 6, 2017 / John Knefel

WH Women and Girls

How to Fight for Women and Girls of Color While Trump Is President How to Fight for Women and Girls of Color While Trump Is President

Under Obama, the White House began collecting critically important data about women and girls of color. Under Trump, that data will become even more important.

Dec 22, 2016 / Dani McClain

Mississippi Prison Riot

Obama’s DOJ Says It One More Time: Private Prisons Aren’t Working Obama’s DOJ Says It One More Time: Private Prisons Aren’t Working

Another audit is perhaps the final piece of official evidence countering Donald Trump’s belief in for-profit incarceration.

Dec 21, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

Obama Did Not Fail Us—We Failed Each Other

Obama Did Not Fail Us—We Failed Each Other Obama Did Not Fail Us—We Failed Each Other

On Barack Obama’s presidency, Trayvon Martin’s death, and the storm clouds of 2016.

Dec 13, 2016 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams

Almost Half a Million People Are in Jail Awaiting Trial

Almost Half a Million People Are in Jail Awaiting Trial Almost Half a Million People Are in Jail Awaiting Trial

How the practice of bail is making us less safe.

Dec 5, 2016 / Brave New Films

Sanctuary City Immigration

Lessons for the Trump Era From the Days Following 9/11 Lessons for the Trump Era From the Days Following 9/11

We’ve been here before, so let’s take stock of what we did right—and what we got wrong.

Dec 1, 2016 / Sayu Bhojwani

Detention in Washington

Will Immigrants in Long-Term Detention Get Their Day in Court? The Supreme Court Is About to Decide. Will Immigrants in Long-Term Detention Get Their Day in Court? The Supreme Court Is About to Decide.

The Court needs to recognize the constitutional rights of people in detention before it’s too late.

Nov 28, 2016 / Alina Das

Donald Trump’s Looming Mass Criminalization

Donald Trump’s Looming Mass Criminalization Donald Trump’s Looming Mass Criminalization

The only way to quickly deport 3 million immigrants is to first make them into criminals—and he’ll have the tools to do so on day one.

Nov 28, 2016 / Feature / Seth Freed Wessler

Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot?

Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot? Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot?

Misleading narratives obscure the reality of the stand at Standing Rock.

Nov 25, 2016 / Evelyn Nieves

Baltimore police

Cops Are Watching Your Facebook Feed Cops Are Watching Your Facebook Feed

What are they doing with the data?

Nov 21, 2016 / Rachel Levinson-Waldman

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