The Hidden Billion-Dollar Cost Of Repeated Police Misconduct
More than $1.5 billion has been spent to settle claims of police misconduct on behalf of thousands of officers repeatedly accused of wrongdoing.
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Black Lives Matter
The Prosecutor Problem
I became a prosecutor because I don’t like bullies. I stopped being a prosecutor because I don’t like bullies. CLICK
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Data: People With Incarcerated Loved Ones
Locking up the most medically vulnerable people in our society has created a public health crisis not just inside prison walls, but in the
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The Chains Of Slavery Still Exist In Mass Incarceration
Echoes of slavery—and the white supremacy that fueled it—continue to reverberate through the U.S. criminal legal system. The 13th Amendment may have outlawed
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To Celebrate Juneteenth, Focus On Ending Mass Incarceration
Every year on June 19, Americans have the opportunity to commemorate Juneteenth—the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to
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What Did You Call Me?
An incarcerated person writes about how dehumanizing language like “inmate” is destructive. CLICK
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Tulsa Race Massacre Can’t Be Buried
President Biden traveled to Oklahoma on Tuesday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre amid a renewed reckoning over a
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Celebrate Mothers Fighting To Set Their Loved Ones Free
Now is the time for healing the many divine forms of the feminine, led by Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color (BIPOC),
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The Emerging Movement For Police And Prison Abolition
The murder of George Floyd last spring provoked an unprecedented outpouring of protests, and a rare national reckoning with both racism and police
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New Report Looks At Strategies To Cut Incarceration Of Illinois Women By Half
The Task Force’s new report, “Redefining the Narrative,” not only highlights the realities of women’s incarceration, but also charts ways to halve the
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