Jails and Prisons

A father and his son await tutorship by immigration lawyers in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, April 27, 2018.

Support Asylum Seekers From the Migrant Caravan Vilified by Trump Support Asylum Seekers From the Migrant Caravan Vilified by Trump

You can also join a campaign to expose the Wall Street companies profiting off of the immigrant detention industry.

May 1, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction

Actually, Guns Do Kill People

Actually, Guns Do Kill People Actually, Guns Do Kill People

The research is now clear: Right-to-carry laws increase the rate of violent crime.

Apr 27, 2018 / Editorial / Mike Konczal

Black Male Student at Library

What the Big New Study About Race and Mobility Doesn’t Tell Us What the Big New Study About Race and Mobility Doesn’t Tell Us

Some families are rich "because" others are poor. We need to grapple with this reality to solve inequality.

Apr 11, 2018 / Joelle Gamble

Naloxone container

The Formerly Incarcerated Are Becoming Opioid-Overdose First Responders The Formerly Incarcerated Are Becoming Opioid-Overdose First Responders

By putting naloxone into the hands of people just released from state prisons, New York hopes to curb this terrible crisis.

Apr 3, 2018 / Michelle Chen

‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’

‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’ ‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’

Aura Hernández fled to the US seeking safety. Instead, she encountered threats, harassment, and assault.

Apr 2, 2018 / Feature / Laura Gottesdiener, Malav Kanuga, and Cinthya Santos Briones

Broward Correctional Institution

Our Systems for Tracking the Criminal-Justice System Are Broken Our Systems for Tracking the Criminal-Justice System Are Broken

In Florida, a recently passed bill will standardize these statistics, and make them publicly accessible.

Mar 27, 2018 / Michelle Chen

voting booth

Hey, Democrats Are Actually Running to Win! Hey, Democrats Are Actually Running to Win!

Joan Walsh on the Democrats’ new strategy, Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, and Anna Deavere Smith on the school-to-prison pipeline.

Mar 22, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Immigrant Kids ICE

Under Trump, ICE Has Become a Vast, Cruel Bureaucracy Under Trump, ICE Has Become a Vast, Cruel Bureaucracy

Children seeking asylum are being separated from their parents for no good reason.

Mar 22, 2018 / Between the Lines / Laila Lalami

Krasner Philly

These DAs Have a Plan to Undo Some of the Crimes of their Predecessors These DAs Have a Plan to Undo Some of the Crimes of their Predecessors

By creating sentence review programs, a group of progressive prosecutors would revisit punishments from the past in the hope of freeing people in the future.

Mar 20, 2018 / Eli Hager

Beware of Big Philanthropy’s New Enthusiasm for Criminal Justice Reform

Beware of Big Philanthropy’s New Enthusiasm for Criminal Justice Reform Beware of Big Philanthropy’s New Enthusiasm for Criminal Justice Reform

Wealthy donors across the political spectrum are zeroing in on our jails and prisons as the latest locus of privatization.

Mar 16, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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