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.
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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?
Since We Last Spoke: Inmates From Across the Country Have Been Going on Strike — Why?
Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive.
What’s Propelling Second-Chance Legislation Across America?
From Indiana to Pennsylvania, second-chance legislation is increasingly becoming a viable option for some offenders.
We Need to Re-Think How Much Stock We Put in Alibis
Inconsistencies in alibis are an almost inevitable product of our flawed memory system, but they are still judged…
How Communities Are Rising Up Against the Bail System
Community groups are posting bail for indigent defendants, undermining the original principles of bail, and pushing for criminal justice reform.
The U.S.’ Mass Incarceration Rate Is the Lowest It’s Been in Almost Two Decades
American prisons are getting a little less crowded. Do we have Obama to thank for that? By Jared…
How Many Americans Are Behind Bars for No Good Reason?
Lots, according to a new report. By Jared Keller (Photo: Thomas Hawk/Flickr) It’s an undisputed fact that the…
Why Labor Is at the Heart of the Latest Big Prison Strike
America’s prison-labor system has created both a rallying point for protestors and an opportunity for them to make…
How the Man Who Signed Katy Perry And Lorde Is Challenging Wrongful Convictions
In his new podcast, Lava Records CEO Jason Flom foregrounds exonerees’ disturbing stories of criminal injustice. He personally…