Who deserves mercy? Can we earn it? If our victims won’t forgive us, will a governor? And why should mercy fall on the grace of the governor alone? CLICK
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It’s time to demand law enforcement accountability for the death of unarmed citizens not just on America’s streets but also in our prisons. CLICK
Given his perfect 40-year record, denial by the Parole Board would signal that prison is just about punishment and revenge. CLI CK
Ross MacDonald, chief medical officer for the City’s Correctional Health Services, is asking the City Council to request state or federal assistance. In the last year, 10 people have died, including five who committed suicide. “I ask that you urge the city to ask for outside help to immediately stabilize […]
In my two years of pre-trial incarceration, almost going crazy in solitary confinement, the U.S. became embroiled in the “War on Terror.” American patriotism meant choosing sides. But no one asked me what side I was on. They just assumed I was the enemy, and that reality was reflected in […]
“What I saw in the courtroom, and what many other people like me saw — we don’t see justice in courtrooms. We see politics being expressed in the courtroom,” Holbrook said. “The judge in my courtroom — as a juvenile facing the death sentence for being a lookout to a […]
Internal numbers show the rate of self-harm in city jails spiked last summer as COVID-19 ravaged New York and has climbed to historic levels in the months since. Between July and September 2020, the self-injury rate nearly doubled that of the previous quarter. CLICK
People incarcerated in an Arkansas jail say the facility’s physician prescribed them ivermectin to treat COVID-19 and that they weren’t aware they were taking the drug. The anti-parasite drug, typically used to deworm horses and cattle, has developed an unlikely ― and baseless ― reputation as a COVID treatment in humans, despite stern warnings […]
On the campaign trail, Joe Biden vowed to end the federal government’s use of private prisons, declaring that “the federal government should not use private facilities for any detention, including detention of undocumented immigrants.” His policy platform also stated that his administration would tie funding decisions for a new grant […]