How Prisons Overtook Schools as the Foremost American Institutions
Schools are paying the price for our fear. By Jared Keller (Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) If, as the…
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Eastern State Penitentiary and the Critique of Mass Incarceration
Inside the former prison-turned-museum and its new exhibit about the perils and inequities of mass incarceration in America.
The Judge of the Brock Turner Trial Approved a Harsher Sentence for a Latino Defendant
The similarities in the two cases highlight the racial biases that plague the criminal justice system. By Kate…
The Perverse Effects of Prison on Black Men’s Mental Health
Black men who’ve been incarcerated are psychologically better off when another family member goes up the river—and that’s…
What’s the Real Rate of Sex-Crime Recidivism?
One sentence in a 1986 mass-market magazine continues to sway court cases involving sex offenders. By Steven Yoder…
American Police and Prisons Are Failing the Mentally Ill
Those with severe mental conditions are more likely to be incarcerated, and less likely to be granted opportunities such as parole.
An Interview With a Former Inmate
As the United States Justice Department plans to release about 6,000 non-violent drug offenders from federal prison, we talk with a researcher and former inmate about what should happen next.
How America’s Prison System Punishes Women and Families
A new report counts the costs that women, children, and families bear when a loved one gets incarcerated.
Is This President Obama’s Prison Reform Moment?
The time may be right for Obama to tackle sentencing reform.
Will Parole Get a Second Chance in Virginia?
Twenty years after abolishing parole, one state is examining the impact (and the politics).