Mass Incarceration
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Inmates Expose Abuse and Inhumane Conditions of Michigan Women’s Prison
Inmates at the Women's Huron Valley Correction Facility in Michigan are seeking help for alleged abuse and mistreatment in the prison.
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Why Is It So Hard For Incarcerated People To Get Access To The Books They Need And Want?
Grassroots organizations are helping get books into prisons, despite the restrictions put in place to stop them.
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There’s Still No Smilin’ on Rikers Island
NYC's infamous jail is in dire straits with a lack of guards and inmates literally running the prison
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Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Gives Support Continuing the At-Home Confinement Provision Done By the Cares Act
The congresswoman noted rehabilitation and the ongoing pandemic for lower-level offenders
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Jails Are Becoming Even Worse Places To Be
The pandemic is being blamed for staffing shortages and a spike in prisoner violence
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Believe An Innocent Man
The Root's Keith Reed documents how one wrongful conviction affected a life, a family and an entire community.
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Free After 43: Kevin Strickland Is Exonerated
Black man is only the latest to be cleared after decades in jail under wrongful convictions
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Arkansas Doctor Under Investigation for Allegedly Giving Ivermectin to Jail Detainees to Treat COVID-19
Dr. Rob Karas is being investigated for giving inmates the drug, which the FDA says shouldn't be used in the treatment of COVID.
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Blacks More Likely to Get Federal Life Sentences Than Hispanic, White Offenders
A new study found wide racial disparities in federal life sentencing.
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The LGBTQ Freedom Fund Is Doing the Work to Bail Out People In U.S. Jails and Immigration Facilities
Mass incarceration is an LGBTQ issue, and we must examine the societal conditions that disproportionately push LGBTQ-identified people into the carceral system.