Alameda DA Pamela Price Sworn In, Makes History As First Black DA in County
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – Pamela Price made history on Monday, being sworn…
Home Confinement Could Be New Alternative to Prison Incarceration
By Caleigh Carlisle NEW YORK, NY – The Crime Report recently published an article arguing for the…
Social Justice Advocates Implore New Jersey Legislature to Strongly Oppose Recent Spate of Unnecessary ‘Tough-on-Crime’ Bills
By Paloma Sifuentes and Rena Abdusalam TRENTON, NU – The ACLU of New Jersey along with 25…
CA Prison Closure Plan Lauded by Mass Incarceration Opponents
By Michael Apfel and Ramneet Singh SACRAMENTO, CA – Chuckawalla State Prison and other California correctional facilities…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 177: Miriam Krinsky, Changing Prosecutors from Within
Following the primary elections, reformers were braced for setbacks in the reform prosecutor movement, but a strange…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 175: A Look at Critical Resentencing Opportunities in California
This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Elliot Hosman, the Prison Advocacy Coordinator at Ella Baker…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 174: UCSB Underground Scholar Program for Formerly Incarcerated
One of the important ways to disrupt mass incarceration is to get formerly incarcerated people to get…
Commentary: The Left Has Already Lost the War and Will Lose the Elections Today
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I was having an unrelated conversation yesterday and the person made…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 167: Max Szabo Talks Reform Prosecutors
Max Szabo has been on the forefront of the criminal justice reform movement for years – hired…
Groups Call for Abolition of DBI in US; File Human Rights Complaint with UN
Groups argue “Death by Incarceration” is torture and violates ban on racial discrimination by David M. Greenwald…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 165: California Policy Lab Examines Three Strikes Law
A new report released in August by the nonpartisan California Policy Lab (CPL) found “that thousands of…
New Data Shows Effects of Mass Incarceration on Californian Communities
By Wayne Chan SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In a new report, “Where people in prison come from:…
Guest Commentary: Courts Have Ruled that Sentencing Kids to Die in Prison Is Cruel and Unusual. Now They’re Reconsidering When Adulthood Starts.
With U.S. taxpayers now spending upwards of $81 billion annually on incarceration, treating 18-year-olds as adults has…
Everyday Injustice Episode 163: Kanya Bennett and Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Kanya Bennett of the Leadership Conference on Civil and…
With Recall Effort Failing, Gascón Turns to What He Was Elected to Do
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – DA George Gascón this week learned that…
Commentary: Why Even Heinous Crimes Can Generate Extreme Sentences
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Once upon a time we know what would have happened with…
Guest Commentary: California’s ‘Three Strikes’ Law Still Carries a Devastating Human and Financial Cost – End It Now
By Erwin Chemerinsky, Gil Garcetti and Miriam Aroni Krinsky The stories of those who have served three-strikes…
Everyday Injustice Episode 162: George Gascón Discusses Facing a Possible Recall
In 2019, George Gascón resigned from his position as San Francisco DA, moved to Los Angeles and…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 161: Stephen Munkelt from CACJ
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ) is a statewide association of criminal defense attorneys, who help advocate…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 160 – Akhi Johnson Discussing Reshaping Prosecution Initiative
This week on Everyday Injustice we visit with Akhi Johnson, Director of the Vera Institute of Justice’s…
