Jerry "JD" Mathis, an award-winning author and PEN America Writing for Justice Fellow, discusses his experiences with mass ...

On Monday morning, students made their way across the Agriculture, Engineering and Arts quads that were flooded with signs sharing messages about incarceration and drug epidemics in the United States.

Disproportionately high levels of mass incarceration affect Black people and their families. Local criminal justice advocates ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A newly published book by The Historic New Orleans Collection details the trends, history and current realities of mass incarceration in Louisiana. “Captive State: Louisiana and ...

"The United States is now a world leader when it comes to incarceration," Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and co-author Janie Nitze noted last year in their book Over Ruled. They added that "our ...

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mass incarceration remains a persistent, systemic injustice that erodes the soul of America. Our nation has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with nearly 2 million people ...

Despite social distancing measures preventing guest lectures to happen on campus, students still tuned in over Zoom to discuss mass incarceration in America. In the Tatkon Center’s first virtual event ...

Nor is any law worthwhile when judges do their best to keep violent criminals like Brown out on the streets. Brown was arrested in January 2025 for misuse of the 911 system. Rather than keeping him ...

The Forum for Real Economic Emancipation (FREE) is hosting a public event in Tulsa exploring how economic systems fuel mass incarceration, featuring speakers, performances, and art by incarcerated ...

When James Forman Jr. was clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor many years ago, she encouraged him to go to work for the Department of Justice or a national civil rights organization.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCIV) — Democratic Rep. James E. Clyburn, alongside Capital Hill colleagues and policy advocates, urged President Joe Biden to use his remaining time in office to exercise his ...