What you’ll read today Spotlight: Revitalizing clemency, at the federal and state level Border Patrol in New Mexico stood by as right-wing militia terrorized migrants Trans woman jailed and harassed because she didn’t pay a $15 seatbelt fine, lawsuit says Their son died in solitary. They are asking New York to end the practice. Baltimore […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Women in jails and prisons are forced to use cotton balls and rags as substitutes for tampons and pads New Orleans’s youth jail faces overcrowding crisis as DA targets kids Illinois law brings back parole, expands boundary of youth justice Oklahoma police opened fire on a truck that had children […]
Oregon is considering legislation banning the use of attack dogs on incarcerated individuals.
Nashville organizers fight state bill with “Don’t Play Where You’re Not Welcome” campaign targeting college athletic recruits
As a presidential candidate, will Cory Booker continue talking about second chances for people convicted of violent crimes?
In the face of an overdose epidemic, Bronx DA Darcel Clark rejects a harm reduction strategy and Governor Cuomo chooses inaction.
Cambridge, Mass., joined a small number of jurisdictions around the country that mandate transparency and community control over the use of surveillance technology.
Dismantling mass incarceration requires a new consensus that the hundreds of thousands spending decade after decade in prison should be free.
Trump nominates William Barr, who has earned a reputation as a conservative hardliner on criminal justice and immigration issues.
Fines and fees are one of the many ways in which the criminal legal system places the heaviest burden on communities of color.
Since the election, groups have called for legislative reforms that will reverse the state’s tough-on-crime policies.
Beto O’Rourke may have lost his Senate bid, but among the down-ballot beneficiaries of historically high Democratic turnout were judicial candidates in the state’s big cities.