With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business
Meet the corporations who are profiting off our prison system.
Oct 1, 2013 / Liliana Segura
Guantánamo in New York City Guantánamo in New York City
Americans remain mostly blind to the abusive treatment of terror suspects on US soil.
Sep 25, 2013 / Feature / Jeanne Theoharis
How Chicago Killed an Innocent Man How Chicago Killed an Innocent Man
As an investigative journalism student, I helped uncover proof that should have cleared Anthony McKinney’s name. Instead, he died in prison.
Sep 18, 2013 / Ari Berman
Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again? Will California Choose Prisons Over Schools—Again?
Progressives supported Prop 30 to send more money to schools but now the funds are headed to prisons. How could this happen—and can it be stopped?
Sep 18, 2013 / Lori Bezahler
AFL-CIO Pledges Prison Reform, Partnerships and Accountable Organizing Plans AFL-CIO Pledges Prison Reform, Partnerships and Accountable Organizing Plans
At its quadrennial convention, the nation’s top labor federation pledged to combat mass incarceration.
Sep 10, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Drawing the Line: Architects and Prisons Drawing the Line: Architects and Prisons
A call for architects to refuse to design chambers of living death.
Aug 27, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
How Will California’s Prison Hunger Strike End? How Will California’s Prison Hunger Strike End?
With Governor Jerry Brown taking a hardline position, strikers must turn to the courts, public opinion or the legislature.
Aug 27, 2013 / Tom Hayden
Reducing Racial Inequality in Our Justice System Reducing Racial Inequality in Our Justice System
President Obama should follow Attorney General Eric Holder’s lead and commute the sentences of low-level drug offenders.
Aug 22, 2013 / Rep. Steve Cohen (Dem., TN)
The Real Story Behind ‘Orange is the New Black’ The Real Story Behind ‘Orange is the New Black’
Netflix’s new hit show aims to address inequality in the application of criminal justice.
Aug 14, 2013 / Chris Hayes
Fighting For the Right to Call Home Fighting For the Right to Call Home
There are over two million men and women incarcerated in the United States and most cannot afford to call their families.
Aug 12, 2013 / The Nation Video