Jail Is Corrosive to a Young Man’s Mind
But a tailored mindfulness program may negate the negative impact of imprisonment.
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The Criminal-Justice Data Behind Meek Mill’s Latest Prison Sentence
The rapper's experience with probation is far from unusual for ex-prisoners.
A Damaging New Secure Housing Unit Poses Problems on Rikers Island
A new report from the New York City Board of Correction suggests that inmates have traded one problematic practice for another.
‘Locking Up Our Own’ and the Roots of the Mass Incarceration of Black America
James Forman Jr.'s first book chronicles with compassion how the actions of black leaders sometimes hurt the very people they sought to save.
These Four Maps Show Inmates Don’t Always Drive Prison Costs
A new report finds that a drop in the prison population doesn't necessarily mean a drop in prison costs.
America’s Private-Prison Industry Has Always Been All Right
President Donald Trump has restored consumer confidence in private prisons—but they were never in danger of failing to begin with.
Prison Girlfriends and Wives
The latest entry in a series of interviews about subculture in America.
What One Former Inmate’s DIY Candy Flowers Can Teach Us About the American Prison System
Plus: How to make "magical" roses out of Jolly Ranchers.
Wearing an Electronic Monitoring Device Might Be Worse Than Jail Time
Beyond the cyclical criminalization that the device provokes, its rules and circumstances clash with the infrastructure of the teenage mind.
Five Studies: Mental Health Courts Are Finding Their Footing
Can judges work with psychiatrists to help solve mass incarceration?