The NYU Policing Project’s Dirty Money Dilemma The NYU Policing Project’s Dirty Money Dilemma
A coalition of law students at New York University has condemned the nonprofit for partnering with various police technology, surveillance, and weaponry companies.
Jun 27, 2022 / StudentNation / Ruqaiyah Zarook
What Happens to Children Who Lose a Parent? What Happens to Children Who Lose a Parent?
A child with an incarcerated parent suffers disadvantages that are as bad, or worse, as those faced by a child with a parent who died.
Jun 24, 2022 / StudentNation / Ariana Torres, Chrisann Timbie, and Gaby Sierra
Why Prosecutorial Reform Will Outlive Chesa Boudin’s Recall Why Prosecutorial Reform Will Outlive Chesa Boudin’s Recall
Many other progressive attorneys general have handily won reelection in recent years.
Jun 14, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Shon Miller: Portrait of a Mass Killer as a Human Being Shon Miller: Portrait of a Mass Killer as a Human Being
The sterile, but endless, debate over the role of mental illness in mass shootings rarely acknowledges how much our system fails those on both sides of the gun.
Jun 10, 2022 / Billy Sothern
Is Every Sentence a Life Sentence? Is Every Sentence a Life Sentence?
Around 1.3 million Americans are currently incarcerated, and they will continue to be punished long after their release.
May 23, 2022 / StudentNation / Dylan Cohen and Dexter Peters
The Disastrous History of Rikers The Disastrous History of Rikers
How a failed agenda of jail reform produced one of the country's most infamous penal colonies.
May 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kay Gabriel
The American Justice System Has Failed Us All The American Justice System Has Failed Us All
As Americans watch from the sidelines, the courts and the legal system continue to visibly fumble in the dark for legitimacy of any sort.
May 13, 2022 / Karen J. Greenberg
So You Want to Reduce Crime? So You Want to Reduce Crime?
What kinds of investments have been proven to lower crime rates? (Hint: It’s not directing endless money to the police.)
May 13, 2022 / Bryce Covert
These Texas DAs Will Refuse to Prosecute Women if “Roe” Is Overturned These Texas DAs Will Refuse to Prosecute Women if “Roe” Is Overturned
“We cannot condone such cruelty or this distorted use of our criminal legal system,” the prosecutors argued in April.
May 9, 2022 / John Nichols
9 Ways of Looking at Mother’s Day 9 Ways of Looking at Mother’s Day
Every year 2.3 million mothers are separated by jail from their children.
May 6, 2022 / Lynn Bernstein