Prison system

It’s not always easy being a writer whose main focus is documenting racism and racial injustice in America. It’s a…

If you cracked open the New York Times on Sunday, you might’ve been greeted by the following full-page ad:

A Black man in Louisiana who was serving a life sentence over two bags of weed worth only $20 has finally been freed…

Another day, another instance of the legal system plainly disregarding the rights of transgender people. A trans…

A coronavirus vaccine is coming, and the federal prison system is among the first government entities that are set…

Considering all we know about COVID-19, it’s incredibly obvious that the conditions in American prisons aren’t…

There has been plenty of discussion about whether prison is more about rehabilitation, punishment or keeping society…

Alabama’s prison system has come under scrutiny in recent months following a federal report that details widespread,…

As a young girl, Maya Moore dreamed of becoming a professional basketball player. But after conquering the sport as…

Eraina Pretty, Maryland’s longest-incarcerated woman, has spent 42 years of her 60-year sentence behind bars for a…

It’s an unfortunate reality that failings in the American judicial system often result in people being imprisoned…

Each week it feels like yet another story comes out about a prisoner being killed in a Mississippi prison.…

Lately, the Mississippi prison system has been doing a lot to challenge my assumption that HBO’s Oz was a complete…

If you didn’t know the ceremony was taking place in a state prison, you might think it was just another joyful…

Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley ain’t here to play: “Don’t dare invoke one of the darkest days of…

There’s something about the power of euphemism: you call someone a “prisoner” or an “inmate” and, suddenly, all…

Despite numerous requests to be transferred, North Carolina continues to hold Kanautica Zayre-Brown, a trans woman,…

Kanautica Zayre-Brown is a woman. Kanautica Zayre-Brown was convicted of a crime. Kanautica Zayre-Brown ought to be…