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Mass incarceration
Mass incarceration news and analysis from The Nation
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December 31, 2020
Brooks Laughlin tells incarcerated writer Michael J. Moore, “The most manly thing you can do is ask for help.”
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October 30, 2020
Opponents of a constitutional amendment to limit enhanced sentencing say it would harm domestic violence survivors. Not all survivors agree.
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October 8, 2020
In Louisiana, at least 1,601 people are still incarcerated on the basis of a Jim Crow–era law allowing for conviction by a nonunanimous verdict.
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September 4, 2020
Fierce police union lobbying killed some important measures, but many other good bills won the day.
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July 16, 2020
Voters just nominated a candidate for DA who says, “On day one, we will end the prosecution of low-level drug offenses.”
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June 3, 2020
Trump’s presidency is the culmination of decades of misinformation emanating from the White House.
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June 1, 2020
How decades of liberal reform failed to rein in a racist, defiantly brutal police department.
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May 14, 2020
A lawsuit about conditions at Danbury prison shows why it is impossible to keep the incarcerated safe.
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April 28, 2020
Prosecutors are in a unique position to flatten the curve.
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April 20, 2020
To insulate facilities from the coronavirus, prisons and jails are not allowing people to see their incarcerated loved ones.
