New Report Presents Blueprint for Meaningful Probation and Parole Reform in Connecticut and Other States
By Kristin Trent, Audrey Sawyer EASTHAMPTON, MASS – The Prison Policy Initiative has released a report that…
Guest Commentary: Children Suffer When Parents Are Imprisoned
By Erica Bryant Imprisoning parents hurts children. It increases children’s likelihood of special education placement, being held…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 199: A Masters Program for Incarcerated People
The recidivism rate for those who get a masters while incarcerated is zero. For years, in an…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 198: Sean Wilson – Incarcerated to Reformer
At the age of 17, Sean Wilson was incarcerated and spent 17 years in prison. Since his…
Guest Commentary: Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases
Death qualification goes hand in hand with mass incarceration and the racial bias embedded in our criminal…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 194: Second Look Network
In March, the Sentencing Project announced the creation of the Second Look Network. Across the country, we…
Guest Commentary: New Data Hubs Show Local Impact of Mass Incarceration in California and Louisiana
By Sam McCann There is growing consensus that mass incarceration does not make communities safer. But the…
Prison Policy Initiative Report Shows U.S. Mass Incarceration Post-Pandemic
By Leslie Acevedo NORTHAMPTON, MA – Prison Policy Initiative published a flagship report, Mass Incarceration: The Whole…
Guest Commentary: Stopping the Systems That Keep Sending People Back to Prison
By Sam McCann In 2021, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Indianapolis surged to a 10-year…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 188: Ashley Nellis Talks about 50 Years of Mass Incarceration
The year 2023 marks the 50th year since the US prison population began its unprecedented surge. The…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 185: The Unjust Prosecution of Aasha Ealy
https://youtu.be/u50_Yd8hRWI Aasha Ealy was a law student accused of a crime that she didn’t commit. What should…
What Does the Future of Prosecution Look Like – These Five Prosecutors Offer Different Viewpoints
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a diverse panel at USF…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 183: Jeffrey Bellin Talks Mass Incarceration Nation
As most observers are well aware by now, the US incarcerates a much higher proportion of its…
Monday Morning Thoughts: What Is Yolo Doing Wrong on Bail and Recidivism?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has attempted for…
Alameda DA Pamela Price Sworn In, Makes History As First Black DA in County
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – Pamela Price made history on Monday, being sworn…
Home Confinement Could Be New Alternative to Prison Incarceration
By Caleigh Carlisle NEW YORK, NY – The Crime Report recently published an article arguing for the…
Social Justice Advocates Implore New Jersey Legislature to Strongly Oppose Recent Spate of Unnecessary ‘Tough-on-Crime’ Bills
By Paloma Sifuentes and Rena Abdusalam TRENTON, NU – The ACLU of New Jersey along with 25…
CA Prison Closure Plan Lauded by Mass Incarceration Opponents
By Michael Apfel and Ramneet Singh SACRAMENTO, CA – Chuckawalla State Prison and other California correctional facilities…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 177: Miriam Krinsky, Changing Prosecutors from Within
Following the primary elections, reformers were braced for setbacks in the reform prosecutor movement, but a strange…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 175: A Look at Critical Resentencing Opportunities in California
This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Elliot Hosman, the Prison Advocacy Coordinator at Ella Baker…