Guest Commentary: New Data Hubs Show Local Impact of Mass Incarceration in California and Louisiana
By Sam McCann There is growing consensus that mass incarceration does not make communities safer. But the…
Prison Policy Initiative Report Shows U.S. Mass Incarceration Post-Pandemic
By Leslie Acevedo NORTHAMPTON, MA – Prison Policy Initiative published a flagship report, Mass Incarceration: The Whole…
Guest Commentary: Stopping the Systems That Keep Sending People Back to Prison
By Sam McCann In 2021, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Indianapolis surged to a 10-year…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 188: Ashley Nellis Talks about 50 Years of Mass Incarceration
The year 2023 marks the 50th year since the US prison population began its unprecedented surge. The…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 185: The Unjust Prosecution of Aasha Ealy
https://youtu.be/u50_Yd8hRWI Aasha Ealy was a law student accused of a crime that she didn’t commit. What should…
What Does the Future of Prosecution Look Like – These Five Prosecutors Offer Different Viewpoints
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a diverse panel at USF…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 183: Jeffrey Bellin Talks Mass Incarceration Nation
As most observers are well aware by now, the US incarcerates a much higher proportion of its…
Monday Morning Thoughts: What Is Yolo Doing Wrong on Bail and Recidivism?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has attempted for…
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:…
