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Nipsey Hussle's street corner and store were targeted by LAPD
Christmas inside: a lifer's look into how the holiday behind bars has changed
A deafening quiet for a mother
birth and abortion: limited access to reproductive healthcare inside prisons and jails
Do 51-Year life sentences make sense for juveniles?
incarcerated elders: a looming health care crisis on death row
the push to keep children battling mental challenges from behind bars
“If Everybody’s White, There Can’t Be Any Racial Bias”
Did Billy Joel Johnson really kill himself on accident
Most states force incarcerated people to by essentials like toothpaste no matter how poor they are
A call to 911 for help only led to regret
When locking them up means mom or dad are no longer home
three years in solitary confinement: an open letter from the Allegheny County Jail
the cost of strikes: how just two can lead to a life sentence
What we at the Des are grateful for
limiting the scope of the jury: examining the exclusionary tactics
DC Justice Lab aims to deconstruct the criminal justice world starting with the laws that built it
the cost of incarceration: examining money transfer fees
an alarming amount of Black girls harmed by police
minor traffic fees and fines still cripple low-income people
deteriorating conditions: how Rikers reached this point
prisons still hold on to racial disparity
remaining in position: the barriers to extracting power
out of control: how the delta variant is surging in prisons
Death after death: unprecedented times at pima county jail
women behind bars: serving life without parole and death sentences
kids jailed for crimes that don't exist at staggering rates
first peoples put last: an overview of tribal juvenile justice
compassionate release was a lifeline for federal inmates during COVID but only some were thrown it
The myth of a fair jury: how racial bias excludes Black jurors
Released from a psych ward but trapped under surveillance
Jail populations fueled pandemic cases
Held to be medical Guinea Pigs
The impact of police presence in schools
States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2021
prison is no substitute for health care and treatment of HIV
COVID-19 Mismanagement: A Fractured Prison System
An escape through art: creativity in prison
Reinventing Our Schools: Curtailing Police Presence in Schools
the worst place to be pregnant or postpartum: prisons
alone and triggered: rural policing leads to fatal shootings at high rates without the protests
Racial disparities persist in arrests, even after decriminalization efforts
A small Michigan town wants to put mental health first
A breakdown of alternatives to time behind bars
Medical neglect is killing inmates
Unwarranted: lengthy probation terms drain resources and offer no increase in public safety
Half a century of victims later: the war on drugs turns 50 this summer
Not just behind bars: having an incarcerated family member can lead to a shorter life
Piling up: prisons deaths from COVID-19 on the climb
“Why do we want to kill all the broken people?”
Not so deadly police encounters still land thousands in the ER a year
Record high jail deaths with a spike in drug deaths and deaths among women
Ohio’s criminal justice system failed Alexis Martin: she's still paying for their mistakes
As jail populations declined due to the pandemic, racial inequity worsened
Unyielding — the Catch-22 of America’s Parole System
Lethal: More people are dying in state prisons than are being incarcerated
Abuse abounds in tribal jails leaving death in its trail
An unfinished success story: the juvenile justice system during COVID-19
Ruthless, antiquated death penalty laws may needlessly take another life
Relentlessly victimized: LGBTQ+ people under the U.S criminal justice system
Muslims in U.S. Prisons describe abuse and neglect during the month of Ramadan
Private prisons hold people for longer than government facilities, according to new data
an ally to freeing people from wrongful convictions eaten by early onset Alzheimer's
A wave of legislation tackles extreme sentencing across the country
Kicked out of hospitals, problem doctors found work in Louisiana's prisons
Billions of $ in court debt is barely even tracked by over half of U.S. states
Death knocking on my cell door
rejected by the courts and no where to turn
Police shootings and convictions
listen: "Juvenile (in)justice"
Women are closing the gender gap in incarceration - that's not a good thing
The BREATHE Act "A Love Letter to Black people"
Deaths go on quietly in rural jails
Locking people up for technical parole violations cost New York $683 million in one year
A violent federal agency slips away from accountability
LBGTQ people are over represented and targeted in the justice system
The decades of LA County Sheriff's Department's "gangs"
How one county jail has maintained its 30% population drop
"A break in belonging" - a prison preacher and the quest to document him
"Superpredators" creating a myth that marred a whole generation
An extreme increase in length of sentencing in American prisons
10 solutions to the covid crisis in prisons from inside
Jail building booms in Indian country
The true agony of facing COVID-19 while locked up
A deep dive into the death of a man without a home after police responded to his broken down car
Police are raking in millions through union contracts
A revolving door between being locked up and put out
Terrorized by police dogs, even Black teens are growing up with scars from the attacks
Long costs and potential savings of parole and probation violations
Trump's First Step act cracks under pressure
Native youth 3x and Black youth 5x more likely to be locked up than white peers
The rise and fall of the death penalty
Not enough: dramatic decarceration from COVID-19 sticks for prisons but not jails
Police wearing body worn cameras doesn't actually make civilians safer
Sentenced to 40 years for drugs, he waited for a Trump pardon. It never came.
700% increase in women incarcerated from 1980 to 2019
In mental health crisis, she died outside her home shot 21x by Albuquerque's police
Prison food - spoiled, unhealthy and causing health issues
A NYC precinct where murders more than doubled in 2020, took a 5 day break from police
Trump pushed in a wave of Federal judges, they are here to stay
A justice system that protects whiteness not democracy
A dying breath kills on death row
Few states list incarcerated people in Phase 1 of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution