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Prison reform
Prison reform news and analysis from The Nation
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March 11, 2020
Jonathan Irons is staring at freedom after 23 years in prison, in part because basketball superstar Maya Moore made it her mission to set him free.
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November 27, 2019
Tell your lawmaker to visit a prison; call on Congress to reduce excessive sentencing; and help people make bail.
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November 21, 2019
Meet Swift Justice, the incarcerated organizer fighting to transform Alabama’s prisons.
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October 15, 2019
Faced with legal and legislative setbacks and the defection of more Republicans, Trump is waging an increasingly strident propaganda war.
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August 20, 2019
No, Epstein was not killed by a cabal of powerful men who wanted to silence him. But his death was part of a larger plot: the US prison system.
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July 26, 2019
Reinvestment is an opening to the path to reparative justice.
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March 21, 2019
It has been nearly 50 years since New York’s jails erupted in protest, but the lessons of that era feel more relevant than ever.
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February 12, 2019
Progressives should seize on the law’s momentum and help it grow.
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January 25, 2019
Inmates are being denied treatment, and it’s creating an epidemic.
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January 9, 2019
Sentenced to life in prison without parole as teenagers, these inmates never thought they’d be free—now they’re preparing for a life outside.
