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Criminal Justice
Bryan Stevenson: We’re Taking the Wrong Approach to Criminal Justice Reform
By Karl Vick
Parole Hearings Set Prisoners Up for Failure
By Glenn Freezman
WNBA Star Maya Moore Skips Second Year of Professional Basketball, and 2020 Olympics, to Focus on Criminal Justice Advocacy
By Josiah Bates
After 5 Deaths in State Prisons In Recent Weeks, Mississippi Moving Inmates to Private Facilities. Here's What to Know
By Josiah Bates
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Criminal Justice
Americans Aren’t Supposed to Be Jailed Before Trial Just Because They Can’t Make Bail. But It Happens All the Time
It violates a person’s rights to jail her solely because she cannot make a payment and without the government demonstrating that pretrial detention is absolutely necessary
By Alec Karakatsanis
December 16, 2019
‘This Is a Story of Hope.’ New Documentary Series
College Behind Bars
Follows Men and Women Working to Gain College Degrees While in Prison
New documentary 'College Behind Bars' follows men and women working to gain college degrees while in prison
By Madeleine Carlisle
November 26, 2019
Criminal Justice Reform Shouldn't Just Focus on People Behind Bars. Here's How We Can Improve the Lives of Millions More
When we talk about criminal justice reform, we naturally think about the people behind bars. But there’s another population that gets far less attention — one that’s facing a world of challenges which, if not...
By Tim Walz
October 15, 2019
Cyntoia Brown Speaks Up For Other Women In NBC Interview
Cyntoia Brown-Long says there are plenty of other women like her doing prison time who have not received the same attention she has.
By Jasmine Aguilera
October 15, 2019
Criminal Justice Reform Is Proving a Tricky Subject for Many of These 2020 Democrats
From health care to climate change, the crowded field of Democratic presidential contenders has a number of complex subjects to tackle in stump speeches, interviews and debates. But few are proving as thorny as criminal...
By Josiah Bates
July 2, 2019
Jared Kushner: Fifteen Lessons I Learned From Criminal-Justice Reform
Jared Kushner writes about his experience championing criminal justice reform
By Jared Kushner
April 24, 2019
Is
If Beale Street Could Talk
Based on a True Story? The Answer Is Complicated
The Academy Awards category of Best Adapted Screenplay can contain many layers. Some of this year's nominees, like Can You Ever Forgive Me? and BlacKkKlansman, are based on books as well as true stories. That...
By Olivia B. Waxman
February 22, 2019
The Inside Story of How Prison Reform Got Done
Years of work by prison-reform advocates has paid off, thanks to an unlikely coalition that included Jared Kushner and Kim Kardashian West
By Brian Bennett
December 21, 2018
Senate Passes Criminal Justice Overhaul
In a surprise end-of-the-year move, the Senate late Tuesday passed a sweeping and bipartisan rewrite of the nation's criminal code with 87 votes in favor of the most ambitious changes in a generation. Despite the...
By Philip Elliott
December 18, 2018
Meek Mill Is In Jail for a Wheelie While Harvey Weinstein Roams Free
The American criminal justice system is broken: just look at Meek Mill and Harvey Weinstein. This month, Meek Mill, a 30-year-old rapper, was sentenced to two to four years in prison for violating the terms...
By Jill Filipovic
November 21, 2017
How to Get States to Reduce Crime and Incarceration At Once
Crime rates are down, but the number of people behind bars keeps increasing
By Hilary O. Shelton and Lauren-Brooke Eisen
October 4, 2017
Most Women in Prison Are Victims of Domestic Violence. That's Nothing New
Thanks to a unique historical record created by women in a Mississippi prison in the 1930s, it’s possible to see the similarities between women’s incarceration then and now
By Karen L. Cox
October 2, 2017
2 Years In Prison Inspired Me to Fight for Justice Reform
'The entire experience was subhuman'
By Andrea James
September 22, 2017
Newt Gingrich, Van Jones: Drug Courts Can Help Solve the Opioid Crisis
Two political opponents agree: We should change how we prosecute addiction
By Newt Gingrich, Van Jones
August 1, 2017
Police Are Seizing Billions in Property From People Never Charged With Crimes. It Must End
Despite Jeff Sessions's desire to expand the practice
By Darpana Sheth
July 28, 2017
The Destructive Lie Behind "Mass Incarceration"
That term is hiding what's actually happening in the correctional system
By Elizabeth Gaynes
May 19, 2017
Why We Shouldn’t Stigmatize Mentally Ill Prisoners
We must change our ways and build facilities that lower suicide rates
By Elizabeth Ford
May 17, 2017
How Video Will Bring Justice in Long Run
'We may not see the outcome we want when we want it, but there is power in arming truth with evidence'
By Peter Gabriel
May 16, 2017
Former Warden: Arkansas Execution Rush Is Dangerous and Risky
It could torture the convicted and traumatize the corrections workers
By Allen Ault
March 28, 2017
Idaho Man Convicted of Rape Faces Mandatory Celibacy until Marriage
It's either that or up to 15 years in prison
By Aric Jenkins
February 7, 2017
Sen. Orrin Hatch: Here’s Some Common Sense on Criminal Intent and Reform
Everyday activity has become criminalized while true justice eludes many real criminals
By Orrin G. Hatch
January 25, 2017
Obama Should Help the People Who His Presidency Failed
Now that he's left office, he will be freed of the restrictions of politics
By Alicia Garza
January 24, 2017
Donald Trump's AG Nominee Jeff Sessions Is a Threat to Justice
He is consistently wrong on criminal justice
By Ames Grawert
January 6, 2017
Death Penalty Slowly Fading Away Across the U.S.
2016 continued the decline in death sentences and executions
By Josh Sanburn
December 21, 2016
Killing Dylann Roof Wouldn't Help Racial Injustice
'It would only serve to reinforce the legacy of racial injustice in our use of the death penalty'
By Jeffery Robinson
November 4, 2016
Youth Prisons Don’t Work. Here’s What Does.
'We owe it to young people and their families to invest in community-based interventions that actually work'
By Mishi Faruqee
October 26, 2016
Donald Trump Is Wrong—America Is Safer Today Than It Has Been in Decades
We need to turn our focus to reforming the criminal justice system
By Natasha Camhi
September 27, 2016
Attica at 45: 'Events That Have Shaken the American Conscience'
The uprising at Attica began on Sept. 9, 1971
By Lily Rothman
September 9, 2016
How Hiding Criminal Records Hurts Black and Hispanic Men
When employers lack information, they rely on prejudice
By Jennifer Doleac
September 8, 2016
What
The Night Of
and
Making a Murderer
Say About Criminal Justice
How two television shows 'made' murderers
By Daniel D'Addario
August 30, 2016
Don’t Privatize America’s National Parks
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
August 26, 2016
This Is the Real Reason Private Prisons Should Be Outlawed
Saying federal prisons are better than private ones ignores the deeper problem: the prison-industrial complex
August 24, 2016
Low Prices, High Crime: Inside Walmart's Plan to Crack Down on Shoplifting
The nation's largest retailer is taking justice into its own hands
By Josh Sanburn
August 15, 2016
Flint Water Crisis May Cost the City $400 Million in Long-Term Social Costs
The city originally switched its water source to save $5 million
By Josh Sanburn
August 8, 2016
Here's How Sleeping More on Weekends Could Save Your Life
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
August 5, 2016
Air Conditioning Is a Human Right
Texas, like other states, does not air condition its prisons—and by doing so, it kills people
By Jeff Edwards and Scott Medlock
July 21, 2016
Athletes Aren't Dumb Jocks—We're the Face of Change
As LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul proved in their ESPYs speech last night, athletes must advocate for justice
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
July 14, 2016
The GOP Can Lead on Criminal Justice Reform
Conservatives should attack wasteful policies protected by cronyism
By Elise Jordan
July 13, 2016
There Is Terror on Both Sides of the Badge
Both the black and police communities live in fear—because they cannot see each other's humanity
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
July 13, 2016
Black Lives Matter Organizers Tell How You Can Help
Autumn Marie and Nakisha Lewis spoke to TIME and ESSENCE about their reaction to the recent shootings
By IDEAS Desk
July 12, 2016
Letters Between a Black Father and His Son
'I find myself wishing that I were a kid again. But then I remember Tamir Rice'
By Langston Glaude
July 8, 2016
How I Helped Raise My Kids From Prison
Mandatory minimum sentences changed my life
By Weldon Angelos
June 17, 2016
Federal Judge Dismisses Texas Lawsuit to Block Syrian Refugees From Resettling
Texas' governor has fought efforts to settle refugees in the state
By Emma Ockerman
June 16, 2016
Obama’s Post-Prison Jobs Plan Is Not Enough
His proposal for federal employees is just a start
By Benjamin Levin
May 12, 2016
U.S. Plans to make It Easier For Former Prisoners to Get ID
The moved is timed for National Reentry Week
By Maya Rhodan
April 25, 2016
What We Don't Understand About Violent Offenders
What we can learn from a man who served 19 years in prison about devastating effects of the criminal justice system and the power of hope
By Erica Williams Simon
March 11, 2016
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