Jails and Prisons

Hillary Clinton Can Become the Real Candidate of Change

Hillary Clinton Can Become the Real Candidate of Change Hillary Clinton Can Become the Real Candidate of Change

Clinton needs to go bold: using her experience and competence as the basis for laying out a big agenda for change that can help build enthusiasm and turnout. 

Jul 26, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Police brutality protest Texas

Want to Make America Safe? Here Are 5 Ways to Do That. Want to Make America Safe? Here Are 5 Ways to Do That.

Some advice from communities that really are facing violent crime.

Jul 21, 2016 / Spencer Overton and Kami Chavis

Students Protest BLM

The Coming War on ‘Black Nationalists’ The Coming War on ‘Black Nationalists’

A caricature of black radicalism is becoming the pretext for aggressive policing of racial-justice activism. We’ve been here before.

Jul 20, 2016 / Yohuru Williams

A solitary confinement cell

Nearly Half of All Women in Jail Are Disabled Nearly Half of All Women in Jail Are Disabled

The disproportionate impact of the criminal-justice system on Americans with disabilities.

Jul 19, 2016 / Rebecca Vallas

Prison labor Georgia

The Next Step for Organized Labor? People in Prison. The Next Step for Organized Labor? People in Prison.

The Industrial Workers of the World is calling for a nationwide prison strike in September.

Jul 11, 2016 / Mike Elk

Immigration Protest in Los Angeles

The Deportation System’s ‘Lock-up Quota’ Is Just As Bad as It Sounds The Deportation System’s ‘Lock-up Quota’ Is Just As Bad as It Sounds

Lockup quotas are tearing apart immigrant communities and lining the pockets of private prison corporations.

Jul 11, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Bogalusa City Jail

What Kind of Justice Can There Be When Judges Have to Find Defendants Guilty to Keep Their Court Open? What Kind of Justice Can There Be When Judges Have to Find Defendants Guilty to Keep Their Court Open?

A Louisiana court forces defendants to literally pay for their crimes—without questioning whether they can afford to.

Jul 6, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Bail Bonds Sign

In Some States, Defendants Can Be Charged Hundreds of Dollars Just to Face a Jury In Some States, Defendants Can Be Charged Hundreds of Dollars Just to Face a Jury

And other ways our judicial system bleeds the poor with debt.

Jun 29, 2016 / Michelle Chen

The Deportation Machine Obama Built for President Trump

The Deportation Machine Obama Built for President Trump The Deportation Machine Obama Built for President Trump

Before the end of his first term in office, the Obama administration expanded a small program by about 3,600 percent.

Jun 27, 2016 / Marisa Franco and Carlos Garcia

Fighting Deportation in North Carolina

The North Carolina 6 and the Targeting of Black and Brown Youth The North Carolina 6 and the Targeting of Black and Brown Youth

#BlackLivesMatter, #ImmigrantLivesMatter, and this criminalization must stop.

Jun 24, 2016 / Rebekah Barber

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