Inhumane Conditions in Texas Prisons and Jails Amid Falsified Records, Probe Finds
TEXAS, TX – Two-thirds of Texas state run jails and prisons (roughly 100) are not fully air…
Criminalizing Homelessness: A Data Analysis
NORTHAMPTON, MASS – The criminalization of homelessness remains a pressing issue in the U.S., with local jails…
Guest Commentary: California’s New Workplace Heat Standards Don’t Apply to Prisons, Reflecting Harmful Neglect across the United States
Forcing incarcerated people to endure dangerously high temperatures does not make anyone safer. By Erica Bryant When…
Former Appeals Presiding Justice: San Francisco’s Growing Jail Crisis – DA Brooke Jenkins’ Policies Impacting Drug Diversion Programs
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The city’s jails are increasingly overcrowded and dangerous, a situation exacerbated by District…
Tenth-Anniversary Edition of Whole Pie Report Provides Big Picture of Mass Incarceration – and Busts 10 Most Persistent Myths about Prisons, Jails, Crime
By Yana Singhal EASTHAMPTON, MASS – After a decade, the Prison Policy Initiative updated its report regarding…
Re-Imagine L.A. Coalition Reacts to Judge Ruling Against Measure J Fund to Provide $2.1 Million to Address Racial Injustice
By Peter Eibert LOS ANGELES, CA – Re-Imagine L.A. Coalition leaders and community members responded strongly here…
COVID and Our Broken Justice System
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, criminal justice reformers have been hustling to get people out…
Vanguard Exclusive: Incarcerated People Describe Current Conditions, Lack of Health Care in Prisons and Jails
The Vanguard spoke on Wednesday to an incarcerated person located at Corcoran State Prison, a maximum security…
Restorative Justice International Statement on COVID-19’s Impact on Prisons and Jails
(From Press Release) – Restorative Justice International (RJI) today urged U.S. and global justice systems to respond…