Make Real Racial Progress
Miller-McCune's experts offer solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the presidential campaign.
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Smokers Behind Bars Can Quit, Too
U.S. smoking rates have declined, but tobacco still runs rampant in prisons. A new study documents a technique to help prisoners quit.
Is Criminalizing Mental Health Wise Policy?
Much of the money spent on the severely mentally ill is spent putting and holding them in prison.
America’s Mental Health (Care) Is Getting Worse
Despite the unanimity that the system is broken, few agree on what will fix it.
Juvenile Justice and the Theater of the Absurd
The route to a law that will help keep kids out of adult prisons.
Voting Prison Blues
There's a movement to restore voting rights to felons who've served their time. Whether you're for or against it likely depends on whether you're a Republican or a Democrat.
Innocent Until Reported Guilty
The simple prescription for reducing wrongful convictions: better journalism about crime and punishment.
Righting Wrongs by Writing Writs
A documentary looks at historic injustice in the Texas prison system — and comments on the habeas corpus battles of the war on terror.
Assessing Spirituality Behind Bars
A documentary about a meditation program among convicted murderers sparks discussion about the benefits religion and spirituality offer inmates and officials.
Creating Superfelons at the Supermaxes
Inmate calls type of prison facility 'the ultimate whetstone of human behavior, sharpening those who survive its rigors and deprivations to a keen edge.'