criminal justice reform

Last summer’s racial reckoning was the first time many people in the United States ever heard of concepts like prison…

For a portion of his 22 years, Bernard Jemison has been incarcerated at Kilby Correctional Facility, a…

It appears that for years and even decades the Philadelphia criminal justice system has shown a pattern of locking…

Newly elected Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced plans to enact sweeping reforms— including…

It’s easily arguable that American society isn’t very forgiving to people who have committed crimes. For Black…

On Election Day, New Jersey became one of four states where voters legalized marijuana for recreational purposes,…

The clear victor on election night was neither President Donald Trump nor Democratic presidential nominee Joe…

In 2019, many of us learned the story of Kevin Richardson, who was one of five teenagers wrongly convicted for the…

In Florida, State Attorney Aramis Ayala has launched a program to reduce the amount of people prosecuted for…

The ongoing racial reckoning in the U.S. has had Democratic legislators in Virginia looking to pass police reform…

When Maya Moore decided to step away from the WNBA in 2019 in order to fight for criminal justice reform, little did…

It wasn’t Black-on-Black crime. Violent video games and rap songs had nothing to do with it; nor did poverty,…

Apparently, somewhere along the line, hitting protesters with a car just became the default move of authority…

Doing “the work” is an oft-used phrase in social justice circles, arguably overused to the point that it can include…

Belly of the Beast, a powerful documentary film about the human rights abuses experienced by women at the hands of…

Black Mamas Bail Out was first conceived as a continuation of centuries-long idea: that black people must be…

Instagram model, activist and almost-lawyer Kim Kardashian, affectionately known as “the Rosa Parks of people who…

There are some words and phrases in the English language that are open to interpretation, while others—like…

The office of Baltimore’s top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby released a voicemail this week sent to Mosby after she…

Alabama runs the most violent prison system in America. Inmates in Alabama’s prisons are killed at nearly nine times…