Guest Commentary: How Young People Become Entangled in the Juvenile Legal System
There are better ways than incarceration to make young people in need feel safe. Too often, young…
Guest Commentary: Corrections Staffing Shortages Offer Chance to Rethink Prison
A staffing crisis has created dangerous conditions in prisons. To create safety, reduce the number of people…
Guest Commentary: People Leaving Prison Should Have the Right to Vote
Undemocratic bans keep millions of people from exercising their right to vote, but some states are finally…
Guest Commentary: When Disasters Strike, Incarcerated People Are Often Left Behind – Then Tasked with Dangerous Cleanup
Before hurricanes Helene and Milton, officials failed to evacuate people in jails and prisons—yet most states rely…
Guest Commentary: Project 2025 Is a Pathway to Mass Deportations and Family Separation
If this notorious policy initiative is implemented, millions would be denied access to an attorney in immigration…
Guest Commentary: No on Prop 36 – Keep California’s Communities Safe and Stable
By Vera Institute of Justice Disclaimer: Opinions are those of the writer and do not reflect those…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode #248 – Criminal Justice Reform – Prop 36 and Kamala Harris
This week on Everyday Injustice we have Insha Rahman, the Director of Vera Action, a non-profit organization…
Vera Institute of Justice Charges Sonya Massey Death by Deputy – Records Show He Had Other Problems – Proves Law Enforcement Needs to be Held Accountable
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Following Illinois State Police’s release of the body camera footage from Sonya Massey’s killing…
Guest Commentary: The Double Standard of Donald Trump’s Court Sentencing
Many people sentenced in New York State do not have the same options Trump does. They have…
Guest Commentary: Why We Shouldn’t Call Trump a ‘Criminal’
Dehumanizing language stigmatizes people with felony convictions who lack Trump’s money and fame. By Erica Bryant An…
Guest Commentary: An Ankle Monitor Gives a False Taste of Freedom
“I spent 30 months on an ankle monitor. It felt crueler than jail.” By Wesley Vaughan When…
Advocates Blast the Supreme Court for Ruling That Criminalizes Homelessness
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, CA – The Supreme Court handed down a long-awaited decision…
Guest Commentary: It’s 2024, and Slavery Isn’t Over in the U.S.
Although the 13th Amendment seemingly outlawed slavery in 1865, its authors carved out an exception for people…
Vera Institute of Justice Argues Biden Executive Action at Southern Border Goes Against Voters’ Desire for Humane Immigration Solutions
By Yana Singhal WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration this week unveiled an executive order that would…
New York Members of Congress & Advocates Rally in DC, Call for Dignifying Immigration Solutions in Face of Trump, Anti-Immigrant Proposals
By Bryan Miller WASHINGTON, DC – New York federal lawmakers, including Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Grace Meng…
Guest Commentary: In Memphis, Minor Traffic Stops are Clogging Courts and Draining Resources
One year after Tyre Nichols’s killing by police, Tennessee has rolled back reforms aimed at decreasing traffic…
Guest Commentary: States’ Dangerous Attempts at Immigration Enforcement Threaten Our Communities
The United States needs a unified, modern, and compassionate approach to immigration—not more incarceration and violence. by…
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: The Hidden Deaths in American Jails – Secrecy around Jail Deaths Makes Everyone Less Safe
By Sam McCann Last fall, two Pennsylvania journalists uncovered the deaths of at least 25 people statewide…
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…
