Posts Tagged ‘Incarceration’
Closing Rikers: 18th Jail Death Leads to 18-hour Protest
Activists want change after a recent spate of inmate deaths at Riker’s Island, New York’s main prison complex.
Read MoreIs the percentage of Black inmates in Wisconsin seven times higher than the percentage of Black citizens in the state?
Results of The Sentencing Project’s newest report show just how dire the situation is for Black men in Wisconsin.
Read MoreAs innocent Black men wait in prison to be exonerated, their families share the toll
Release from prison is bittersweet for Black men who have been exonerated for their crimes but have paid the price regardless.
Read MorePhiladelphia apologizes for experiments on Black inmates
The city of Philadelphia has officially apologized for 20 years of medical experimentation on Black inmates at Holmesburg Prison.
Read More‘For Cruelty’s Sake’: State of Alabama diverts $400 million in COVID funds to build prisons, leaving many in dire straits
Alabama continues its long history of diverting money from deserving programs and people by using COVID-19 relief funds for its prison system.
Read MoreCalifornia Senate rejects involuntary servitude amendment
California courts dealt a blow to those hoping to increase compensation to inmates for the jobs they perform, a form of indentured servitude.
Read MoreA childhood bond inspired a college student to help free his friend from prison
Brandon Harris couldn’t let his childhood friend Sura Sohna sit in jail, so he dedicated a college project to Sohna’s case. With Harris’ help, Sohna received an early release.
Read MoreToo Many of Them Have Been Wrong’: Black Ex-Prosecutor Exposes Misdeeds of Los Angeles Legal System In Volume of Online Stories
A former LA proscecutor’s online memoir details his “good fight” against an “assembly-line of incarceration.”
Read MoreActivists celebrate decision to close ‘hellish’ St Louis jail
A glimpse of good news as activists in St. Lous celebrate the closing of a medium sized prison that had a reputation as a debtors’ jail.
Read MoreThe Origins of Prison Slavery
The real origin of prison slavery is found in the 13th amendment which allows forced labor “as punishment for a crime.”
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