Editor’s Note: The Daily Appeal is occasionally examining the 2020 presidential contenders’ records, platforms, and rhetoric on issues relating to criminal justice. You can find past installments here. An article by Campbell Robertson in the New York Times today looks at the case of Angelo Robinson, in prison in Ohio since 1997 for the murder of […]
A company in Cleveland County exemplifies how for-profit legal services affect poor and vulnerable individuals.
The public defender has garnered big-name endorsements and gained momentum heading into Tuesday’s primary.
Imprisoned as a teen, Amer Zada is now eligible for release but can’t find approved housing—and a proposed law could make the problem worse.
As the borough’s district attorney race takes shape, advocates press for changes to the office’s approach to people who reoffend.
Richard Cannon was making gains after being released from prison. Then one arrest changed the course of his life.
With Hannah Sassaman and Matt Henry
The reality of risk assessment algorithms is complicated. Critics say bias can creep in at every stage, from development to implementation to application.
In April 2018, Herman Bell was paroled after spending 45 years in prison in a case involving the shooting deaths of two police officers. Now, New York police unions and the widow of one of the slain officers are challenging the decision in court.
Lawyer seeks end to Halloween restrictions that target people convicted of sex offenses.
Debate coach Katrina Burlet says she was banned from state’s prisons after prisoners in her program argued for parole.
Houston has come up with a new way to make life harder for people leaving prison on parole: by forcing the programs that provide them with housing, often paired with job placement and other services, to move outside the city limits. At the end of March, the city council approved an ordinance that imposes new regulations and […]
When Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that he would restore voting rights to New Yorkers on parole, he won instant praise from organizers who had long pushed for criminal justice reform. “This executive order will mean thousands more will be welcomed back into our democracy and assured that in 21st century America, the right to vote is […]
Over the past decade, the U.S. embarked on an unprecedented jail and prison building campaign, reaching a peak of 2.3 million people incarcerated in adult facilities in 2008. While this meteoric rise of mass imprisonment has been increasingly scrutinized, it is less well known that the number of individuals under supervision on community supervision rose […]