The Atlantic

7 min. di lettura

The bodies of people in America’s prisons are counted in the design of our political infrastructure, but their voices are not.

The Atlantic

16 min. di lettura

'Open' prisons, in which detainees are allowed to live like regular citizens, should be a model for the U.S.

The Atlantic

4 min. di lettura

The case of the so-called Central Park Five—a group of Harlem teenagers who were arrested for the rape and attempted murder of a white woman in 1989, and then exonerated years later—is an infamous example of how racism and paranoia can distort the wo

NPR

2 min. di lettura

Organizers say the demonstrations, which are expected to include hunger strikes and a refusal to work, are in response to a riot at a South Carolina prison in which seven inmates died.

The Atlantic

7 min. di lettura

Attorneys on the front lines of the criminal-justice system should be pressing for a drastically different model of incarceration.

The Atlantic

4 min. di lettura

A new study shows that the disproportionate imprisonment rates faced by people of color contribute to race-based inequalities in educational attainment.

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

3 min. di lettura

Every so often a book comes along that shakes up the national gabfest in a way that makes all of us talk about an old problem with a new urgency. Jane Jacobs' 1961 book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" sparked a movement to preserve urba

The Marshall Project

6 min. di lettura

One of the most damning features of the U.S. criminal justice system is its vast racial inequity. Black people in this country are imprisoned at more than 5 times the rate of whites; one in 10 black children has a parent behind bars, compared with ab

The Marshall Project

4 min. di lettura

We need a broad national effort to recruit and place volunteers to educate and counsel incarcerated people.

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

2 min. di lettura

It didn't seem to fit in President Trump's State of the Union address, perhaps something tossed in at the last minute, like a garnish. But there it was: "As America regains its strength, opportunity must be extended to all citizens. That is why this

Reason

1 min. di lettura

“Ending mass incarceration is only the beginning,” write journalists Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law in Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms. The book delves into the many ways Americans are surveilled, separated from

NPR

2 min. di lettura

The book's author is grateful that pressure on corrections officials persuaded them to rethink the ban, but it did not end his concerns over access to books among prisoners across the country.

NPR

9 min. di lettura

In her new book, Emily Bazelon argues that prosecutors have become too powerful — to the detriment of our criminal justice system.

The Marshall Project

4 min. di lettura

Every month, Telita Hayes adds nearly $200 to the commissary account for her ex-husband, William Reese, who has been in the Louisiana State Penitentiary for 28 years. Each prisoner there is given three meals a day and some personal hygiene items, lik

The Atlantic

4 min. di lettura

As coronavirus fears spread among incarcerated people and those advocating on their behalf, I’ve heard again and again about soap.

Aperture

3 min. di lettura

Most prisons and jails across the United States do not allow prisoners to have access to cameras. How, then, can images tell the story of mass incarceration when the imprisoned don’t have control over their own representation? How can photographs vis

Futurity

2 min. di lettura

The United States must reduce incarceration to protect public safety during the pandemic, a report finds. To stem the tide of COVID-19 infections both within correctional institutions and in surrounding communities, jurisdictions around the US should

The Marshall Project

3 min. di lettura

The number of people in U.S. prisons fell to a nine-year low of just under 1.5 million last year, a 1.3 percent decrease, according to a report released today by the nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice. The prison population declined in 31 states la

The Marshall Project

17 min. di lettura

It was January 2006, and Josef Kirk Fischl was tucked away behind a 30-foot-high gray wall in C Block, one of Attica Correctional Facility's toughest cellblocks. He had already served more than 16 years on a 25-to-life bid for a murder he committed w

The Atlantic

2 min. di lettura

After Jeffrey Epstein’s death, readers discuss the mistreatment of inmates in U.S. correctional facilities and state penitentiaries.

Futurity

2 min. di lettura

The longstanding racial divide in state prisons—while still significant—has shrunk, research finds. Since the era of Reconstruction, ethnic and racial minorities have made up a disproportionate share of the United States prison population. The report

NPR

1 min. di lettura

The group is asking federal and state governments to release pregnant inmates who are close to completing their prison sentences.

Aperture

2 min. di lettura

A photograph means more in prison. Tacked on a cell wall, it can be one of the few connections to life outside—to the Christmases, birthdays, and graduations passing, or the children and grandchildren growing older. And, in the rare moments when the

The Christian Science Monitor

10 min. di lettura

Did you know that most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime? Many Americans are disconnected from how the criminal justice system actually works. Our podcast sheds light on some of these major misperceptions.

Literary Hub

7 min. di lettura

Vera Cheeks, a resident of Bainbridge, Georgia, was ticketed for rolling through a stop sign. The judge hit her with a $135 fine and ordered her to pay in full immediately. She told him she was unemployed and caring for her terminally ill father and

The Marshall Project

2 min. di lettura

The Marshall Project presents a historic town hall, hosted by Voters Organized To Educate at Eastern State Penitentiary.

NPR

3 min. di lettura

Authorities in Massachusetts want to cut the recidivism rate for men ages 18 to 24. They're trying a new program based on a German model that teaches responsibility as a means to greater freedoms.

Literary Hub

8 min. di lettura

When I was a teenager, my father and I shared books. We didn’t share the physical copy, at least not often—my dad was serving a ten-year sentence in California, and I was at school in Bath, England—but we did share the imaginary landscape offered wit

The American Scholar

2 min. di lettura

Emily Bazelon is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and the author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration, which follows the stories of two young people accused of serious crimes in Memphi

The Atlantic

3 min. di lettura

Books written by incarcerated writers raise vital questions about how we can build a more just society: Your weekly guide to the best in books