A dozen deaths at Rikers Island Jail this year alone. 5 suicides, some within days of one another. The debate on closing Rikers Island is…
Posts tagged as “criminal justice reform”
As our nation was fixated on the results of the Nov. 2020 presidential election, many Americans may not have paid much attention to local…
In March of 2020, as it became increasingly clear that COVID-19 would be a catastrophic threat to the United States, numerous criminal justice experts warned…
“This bill is being pushed through at the same time that the people across the United States are demanding the abolition of the prison industrial…
Is SB10 worth the cost? This November, California voters will have the opportunity to vote on criminal justice reform and make a serious decision: should…
Chesa Boudin, the newly elected San Francisco District Attorney, strikes a chord among many when discussing his experiences with the criminal justice system. Growing up…
“Crime wave” is the phrase that surrounds the newest set of criminal justice policies passed by New York and California. If you look up “bail…
Prisoners shiver in the dark. They are wearing short-sleeves— not enough to cover their bare skin from the bite of two-degree freezing temperatures. They have…
Over the course of three years, prisoners from across the United States sent letters to Human Rights Watch detailing cases of sexual assault in prisons,…