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Mass incarceration
Mass incarceration news and analysis from The Nation
January 14, 2020
Democratic candidates have had some nice things to say about the senator who just left the race. What they need to say is that they are all in for his fight on behalf of criminal justice reform.
November 27, 2019
Tell your lawmaker to visit a prison; call on Congress to reduce excessive sentencing; and help people make bail.
November 21, 2019
Meet Swift Justice, the incarcerated organizer fighting to transform Alabama’s prisons.
June 25, 2019
The criminal-justice reformer who has promised "people-powered justice" finished primary night with a lead of more than 1,000 votes.
April 9, 2019
A half-century of Washington’s harsh drug prohibition policies has brought misery to millions across the globe.
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April 8, 2019
The Youth Correctional Leaders for Justice will help guide towns, cities, and states on how to close youth prisons for good.
March 8, 2019
Congressman Mark Pocan just got the House to approve an end to Census counts that distort representation at local and state levels.
February 12, 2019
Progressives should seize on the law’s momentum and help it grow.
November 12, 2018
In letters compiled by the American Prison Writing Archive, inmates share accounts of suicide, friendship, and solitary confinement.
October 16, 2018
Changing the institutional culture of incarceration could entail a social consensus that locking people up is never the ideal way to resolve social problems.
