Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey, and Jeff Merkley wrote a letter to the federal Bureau of Prisons and Department of Justice asking the agencies not to renew a contract with the American Correctional Association.
The mayoral candidate’s plans would reimagine life for Boston’s working-class residents—and has earned an endorsement from Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Members of Congress have introduced a bill that would create a National Center on Anti-Racism in Health.
A Brooklyn teacher tried three times to get treatment for the coronavirus. Now she’s fighting for her life.
The Democratic candidate also pledged to expunge prior criminal convictions for marijuana and invest in the communities most affected by the war on drugs.
Garza has promised to end cash bail and address racial inequities in the legal system.
Cabán, the career public defender who lost a primary bid for district attorney in Queens County, New York, will help the political party build nationwide support in criminal justice elections.
As the presidential election approaches, reformers should focus on the Prison Litigation Reform Act, which restricts the ability of incarcerated people to protest their conditions of confinement.
Candidates offered reforms for people accused of low-level, nonviolent offenses, but more than half of U.S. prisoners have committed a violent crime.
The 2020 presidential candidates recently unveiled national criminal justice agendas that reimagine public safety and punishment.
The American Correctional Association has granted accreditation to includes detention centers, prisons, and jails where people are held in horrific conditions.
