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Prison reform
Prison reform news and analysis from The Nation
November 16, 2018
Then the men, who’d been sentenced to life as juveniles, were freed.
November 12, 2018
In letters compiled by the American Prison Writing Archive, inmates share accounts of suicide, friendship, and solitary confinement.
October 25, 2018
Every day in this country, hundreds of thousands of legally innocent people sit behind bars simply because they cannot afford bail.
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.
October 2, 2018
District attorneys’ comments belie the true purpose of bail in New York and ignore the safety risks of jail itself.
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August 20, 2018
At Homeboy Industries, career, education, and mental-health services are creating a way out of poverty and violence.
August 16, 2018
Some of its candidates have won, others have lost. But the movement is succeeding where it counts.
July 13, 2018
Five years after he helped launch the largest-ever prison hunger strike, Todd Ashker is back in isolation. And he’s not the only one.
June 22, 2018
How sentencing reform could drastically reduce the number of people behind bars in California.
June 19, 2018
Across the world, women are demanding access to feminine-hygiene products to lead full, productive lives.
