Op-ed | Parole 101: People in Prison Deserve Second Chances
Parole systems in the US are broken and need to be fixed to ensure that people who have demonstrated rehabilitation are given a fair chance to be released, as parole... Read more.
Op-ed | The Evidence That Building Community Makes Prisons Safer
The Restoring Promise initiative, a partnership between the South Carolina Department of Corrections and Vera, has created housing units in South Carolina prisons... Read more.
Op-Ed | Mass Incarceration Is a Public Health Crisis
Incarceration is a public health crisis that affects the health and well-being of incarcerated people, corrections staff, their families, and entire communities,... Read more.
Op-Ed | Mass Incarceration Is a Public Health Crisis
Mass incarceration is a public health crisis that harms the health and well-being of incarcerated people, corrections staff, families, and communities, and is disproportionately... Read more.
The Truth about Immigration Detention in the United States
ICE's mass deportation agenda threatens to dramatically escalate the use of detention, which is plagued by abuse and neglect, and the Trump administration's detention... Read more.
People Are Being Deported Because of Their Tattoos
The U.S. government is using tattoos and clothing to determine who gets to stay in the country and who is subject to indefinite imprisonment in a Salvadoran prison,... Read more.
Guest Commentary: How Young People Become Entangled in the Juvenile Legal System
There are better ways than incarceration to make young people in need feel safe. Too often, young...... Read more.
Guest Commentary: When Disasters Strike, Incarcerated People Are Often Left Behind – Then Tasked with Dangerous Cleanup
Before hurricanes Helene and Milton, officials failed to evacuate people in jails and prisons—yet most states rely...... Read more.