Guest Commentary: Louisiana Legislators Are Trying to Keep People in Prison Longer. It Won’t Make Anyone Safer
Crime is on the decline, but instead of investing in communities, Governor Jeff Landry is reversing reforms…
Guest Commentary: Want to Make Communities Safer? Make Sure People Coming Home from Jail and Prison Have a Place to Live
By Nazish Dholakia It took two years of constant effort for Ashia Wilson to find a home…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 233: What Rehab Means for Someone Serving LWOP
When Michael Owens was an angry and traumatized young man, he committed a horrible crime and was…
‘Crossroads’ of Criminal Justice Reform – U.S. Urged to Learn from Past Failures of Mass Incarceration
By Shaolien Chen-Graf and Helen Shamamyan NEW YORK, NY – Senior Director of the Justice Program at…
Study Shows New Magnitude of National Prison and Jail Racial Disparities
By Bryan Miller NORTHAMPTON, MASS – The Prison Policy Initiative this week released what it calls “updated…
Governor Pushing License Plate Readers, but Activists Say Data Doesn’t Support Their Use as Crime Fighting Tools
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – Last week Governor Newsom announced California is installing…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 232: The Story of Arturo Luna
One of the problems with mass incarceration is that we end up incarcerating people—who at one point…
Debate Over Retail Theft Informs the Future of Criminal Justice Reform – Legislative Dems Are Divided Over It
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – In February, Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo introduced AB 1990,…
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…
Guest Commentary: Moving Beyond Incarceration – Overcoming the Social Challenges It Created
by Rodney Wrice As I sit down to write this article, I’m reminded of the journey…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 131: The Life of an Incarcerated Transgender Woman
This week on Everyday Injustice, we talk with Angie Gordon. Angie is a 39-year-old trans woman serving…
Report: Privatization of U.S. Prisons Problem for At-Risk Communities, People
By Kyndall Dowell and Karime Montano WASHINGTON, DC – Kristen M. Budd, an academic research analyst in…
Guest Commentary: Georgia’s Cash Bail Bill Criminalizing the Poor Will Not Make Our Communities Safer
By Fallon McClure Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLU-GA.) issued a report on…
Public Defender Pushes against State Prosecutors in Alameda County
Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – Using state lawyers to prosecute local cases will fuel mass…
Guest Commentary: Electronic Monitoring Is an Extension of Mass Incarceration
New Vera report finds that the use of electronic monitoring—which perpetuates many of the harms of mass…
Poetry Behind Bars: CSU Fresno English Professor Brynn Saito Conducts MFA-Style Poetry Workshop with Valley State Prison College Students
By Ghostwrite Mike & The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – Most people don’t realize that carceral state…
Arts In Corrections: A Seat at the Incarcerated Artist Roundtable at Valley State Prison
By Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – “Voiceless, marginalized and disenfranchised” are among the…
Guest Commentary: Michigan Legislature Passed Juvenile Justice Reforms – They Didn’t Do Enough
By Loren Khogali and Mary Ann Scali Imagine being charged with a crime and going to court…
President Biden’s Holiday Gift to Incarcerated: ACLU Backs Commutation of Non-Violent Drug Offenders, Embraces Clemency Initiative
By Xinhui Lin WASHINGTON, DC – President Joe Biden provided a holiday gift to 11 incarcerated people…
Guest Commentary: Mass Incarceration – We Are All Part of the Problem
By Olinda Moyd I commend Attorney General Anthony Brown and Public Defender Natasha Dartique for their joint…
