Abolition in the Now
A new campaign rooted in the South is getting mothers in prisons and jails across the country home for Mother’s Day.
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How Prisoners and Jailers Can Work Together to Keep Kids Educated
In too many American prisons, fathers and sons live just a cell block apart. Here’s one way lifers are joining correctional workers to break the cycle.
Meet the Man Leading the Push for More Executions in the U.S.
It’s been a decade since California’s last execution; the state now has 749 people on death row. Many…
The Fight for Disability Rights Must Extend to Death Row
Why didn't more disability rights groups work to stop the execution of Ledell Lee in Arkansas?
Arkansas Executes Its First Inmate Since 2005
Ledell Lee has become the first inmate put to death in the state of Arkansas in a dozen…
For Gruesome Crimes, Color Photos May Lead to Guilty Verdicts
New research finds color photos of bloody scenes elicit disgust, which colors jurors’ decisions. By Tom Jacobs (Photo:…
A Supreme Court Decision Leaves in Place a Stay of Execution for an Arkansas Inmate
Early Tuesday morning, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge from Arkansas officials of a…
Legal Financial Obligations Are the New Debtors’ Prison
Legal financial obligations can saddle a prisoner with exponentially increasing debt long after they’ve been released from prison. It can even land them back in jail. Can the cycle be broken?
Can Defendants Convicted by Tainted Evidence Ever Truly Be Free?
“You know, there’s a lot of psychological things they do to you in [prison],” says Timothy Taylor, “just…
Jeff Sessions Is Throwing the Brakes on Criminal Justice Reform
This summer marks nearly three years not only since the deaths of Eric Garner in Staten Island, New…