incarceration

Private Prisons Lock Up Thousands Of Americans With Almost No Oversight

By Lauren-Brooke Eisen

Black Lives Matter Groups Are Bailing Black Women Out of Jail for Mother's Day

By Charlotte Alter

This Incredible Dance Portrays the Impact of Mass Incarceration on African-American Families

By Alice Park , Joyce Lee and Julia Lull

How to Power Disney World With Rotten Tomatoes

By The Aspen Institute
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1 in 14 U.S. Children Has Had a Parent in Prison

The figure is twice as high for black children

By Nash Jenkins

U.S. Police Leaders Urge an End to Mass Incarceration

“We need less incarceration, not more"

By Mark Rivett-Carnac

Privately-Run Prisons Hold Inmates Longer, Study Finds

Prisoners are incarcerated 4% to 7% longer

By Josh Sanburn

Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 17

1. Is the Taliban’s fracturing a sign of its demise or a possible turn to a more lethal strategy?By Sundarsan Raghavan in the Washington Post2. To fight cybercrime, President Obama needs Silicon Valley.By Katie Benner...

By The Aspen Institute

Five Best Ideas of the Day: November 24

1. A bipartisan plan in North Carolina shrunk prison population and cut costs while the crime rate continued to fall. Can it serve as a model for other states?By the Justice Center at the Council...

By The Aspen Institute

Kids With a Parent In Jail Need Special Care, Study Says

It's a greater influence than the death of a parent or having divorced parents

By Alexandra Sifferlin

A Photographer's Journey from Behind Bars to Behind the Lens

Joseph Rodriguez photographed Jesse De La Cruz, a former gang member turned author and activist in California. LightBox presents an extension of Rodriguez's decades-long project on Latino gangs and the struggles of readjusting after incarceration.

By Pete Pin
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