Mandatory minimum sentences in the United States have failed to reduce crime and have instead driven mass incarceration, ...

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mass incarceration remains a persistent, systemic injustice that erodes the soul of America. Our nation has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with nearly 2 million people ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A newly published book by The Historic New Orleans Collection details the trends, history and current realities of mass incarceration in Louisiana. “Captive State: Louisiana and ...

The Forum for Real Economic Emancipation (FREE) is hosting a public event in Tulsa exploring how economic systems fuel mass incarceration, featuring speakers, performances, and art by incarcerated ...

Nor is any law worthwhile when judges do their best to keep violent criminals like Brown out on the streets. Brown was arrested in January 2025 for misuse of the 911 system. Rather than keeping him ...

When James Forman Jr. was clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor many years ago, she encouraged him to go to work for the Department of Justice or a national civil rights organization.

This November, voters will consider Proposition 36, “The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act,” which increases penalties on retail theft crimes and classifies certain drug offenses ...

Despite social distancing measures preventing guest lectures to happen on campus, students still tuned in over Zoom to discuss mass incarceration in America. In the Tatkon Center’s first virtual event ...

In the Room Media announces nonprofit group Witness to Mass Incarceration as the 2025 partner for Style Across the Aisle. The annual fashion show, which takes place this year on Sept. 10 during New ...

Students for Prison Education and Reform has circulated an online petition to the Wilson School asking for the creation of a task force that focuses on mass incarceration in America. SPEAR founders ...

But the report also found that Colorado’s violent crime rate had increased by more than 55% over the past decade. Looking at the period from December 2019 to December 2021, Colorado’s prison ...