Hannah Rappleye

Hannah Rappleye is an independent reporter living in Brooklyn, NY. She has reported in East and South Africa, and focuses her work on criminal justice and human rights issues in the United States and abroad. Her work has appeared on MSNBC.com, Salon.com, in the Mail & Guardian and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.

Criminal JusticeApril 7, 2014

Why Is Georgia About to Pass a Law That Will Make It Easier to Send Poor People to Prison?

After extensive lobbying, the private probation industry is poised to wield ever more power over Georgia’s debtors.

Hannah Rappleye and Lisa Riordan Seville
InequalityMarch 14, 2014

The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence

Most states shut down their debtors’ prisons more than 100 years ago; in 2005, Harpersville, Alabama, opened one back up.

Hannah Rappleye and Lisa Riordan Seville
April 10, 2012

How One Georgia Town Gambled Its Future on Immigration Detention

As HB 87 scared away the immigrants who worked its fields, officials in Irwin County, Georgia, scrambled to fill the local detention center, the area’s biggest employer.

Hannah Rappleye and Lisa Riordan Seville

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Criminal JusticeApril 7, 2014

After extensive lobbying, the private probation industry is poised to wield ever more power over Georgia’s debtors.

InequalityMarch 14, 2014

Most states shut down their debtors’ prisons more than 100 years ago; in 2005, Harpersville, Alabama, opened one back up.

April 10, 2012

As HB 87 scared away the immigrants who worked its fields, officials in Irwin County, Georgia, scrambled to fill the local detention center, the area’s biggest employer.