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November 30, 2021
The Staggeringly High Price of a Prison Phone Call
It’s outrageous that a billion-dollar industry exists based on skimming profits from some of society’s most vulnerable people.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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October 22, 2021
A Video Leak Reveals the Use of Rape as Torture in Russian Prisons
Footage of sexual assaults against incarcerated individuals in Russia shows the glaring need to combat such violence around the world.
Finley Muratova
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October 19, 2021
Rikers Detainees Are Being Transferred From One “Hellhole” to Another
Former and currently incarcerated people denounce Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision to transfer detainees as a temporary fix to the ongoing crisis at Rikers.
Victoria Law
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October 6, 2021
Closing Rikers Island Is a Matter of Life and Death
Isaabdul Karim wasn’t sentenced to death. In fact, he was never sentenced at all.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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July 7, 2021
The War on Drugs Is 50 Years Old
It’s a war we were destined—and that we deserved—to lose.
Alfred W. McCoy
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June 2, 2021
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May 26, 2021
Keith Ellison: On the Other Side of Criminal Justice Reform and Transformation Is a Safer Society
The attorney general who organized the prosecution of Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd makes the case for police accountability.
John Nichols
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May 25, 2021
The War on Palestinians Continues—Now in the Form of Mass Arrests
Israel says the campaign of mass arrests is about “law and order,” but Palestinians know it is about quashing dissent inside the state.
Abir Kopty
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May 24, 2021
How New York State Let Covid-19 Run Rampant in Prisons
First, the state failed to protect people in prison from the virus. Then, it obscured the full scope of the crisis, advocates charge.
Akash Mehta
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May 21, 2021
Will New York Join the List of Cities With Progressive DAs?
One of the most important political races in America will be decided here on June 22. And it has nothing to do with Andrew Yang.
Ross Barkan