Incarcerated Advocate Coalition Demands Biden Administration Crack Down on ‘Junk Fees’ in Criminal Justice System
By Audrey Sawyer and Ruby Mota WASHINGTON, DC – Incarcerated people must be included in the efforts…
Commentary: In Search of Dignity and Safety
by Dr. Joan Parkin The passage of SB 132, which allows incarcerated transgender, non-binary and intersex people…
Guest Commentary: Arizona Violated the Rights of Incarcerated People for More Than a Decade – That Will Finally End.
A judge is holding Arizona accountable after hearing from our incarcerated clients about the abuse they endured…
A Bill to Create Humane Health Care for the Incarcerated Moving through Legislature
By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA – A bill that would mandate the Department of Corrections and…
A Tooth for a Tooth: The Effects of Poor Dental Care in California State Prisons
By Kritika Singh BERKELEY — $10,000—this is the amount of money that Daniela Medina had to pay…
Guest Commentary: Reaching Across the Aisle for a Conversation with ‘The Other’
By Reginald Stephen I always look forward to Monday mornings – the prospect of a new week…
Former CDCR Secretary Diaz Talks about Creating a More Human Prison System, ‘the California Way’
By D. Razor Babb Mule Creek – In late September of 2019, Ralph Diaz, who was then…
Guest Commentary: Flipping the Script on the Crime Narrative
By Trevor Johnson This is a crime wave. Looting in San Francisco. Shooting in Chicago. Breaching the…
Proposed Coronavirus Relief Bill To Include Incarcerated Individuals
By Kritika Singh WASHINGTON— On March 11, President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package into…
One Year into Pandemic, Several Prisons Resume In-Person Visits
By Kritika Singh UNITED STATES— Approximately one year into the deadly coronavirus pandemic, several states and prison…
Prison Staff Across the Nation Refuse COVID-19 Vaccine Despite Widespread Outbreaks
By Kritika Singh UNITED STATES — Prison guards and other staff members in incarceration facilities across the…
Devastating Snow Storm Hits Incarcerated Texans Hard
By Kritika Singh TEXAS — As a violent winter storm ripped through Texas in mid-February, widespread disruptions…
Vermont County Eliminates Cash Bail ‘Caging Black, Brown and Poor People’
By Phoebe Glick CHITTENDEN COUNTY, VERMONT — Cash bail has been eliminated in Chittenden County, Vermont, following…