How much is an incarcerated person’s life worth? At one Michigan jail, about the cost of a Subway sandwich.
In one of the most memorable passages of his seminal autobiography, civil rights leader Malcolm X made explicit the…
It was a case so unfair, it quickly became a go-to talking point to illuminate the criminal justice system’s deep…
Six female corrections officers were arrested and arraigned in New York State Supreme Court following allegations…
The whole point of the “feeling cute” challenge was to have a little fun while on the job—or at least, while in your…
There’s something about the power of euphemism: you call someone a “prisoner” or an “inmate” and, suddenly, all…
Like much of the rest of the discourse around jails, prisons and mass incarceration, Black History Month is not…
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Domineque Ray was born in a country that is proud of its stated principles, which supposedly include justice for all.
A Brooklyn detention center that went several days without heat or light during last week’s polar vortex had its…
With its spate of polar vortexes and record-breaking temperatures, this winter has been especially torturous. But…
As the government shutdown rolls onward, inmates at federal prisons have been unable to see their families,…
A pregnant mother of two was found dead in a Madison County, Mississippi jail cell sometime last week after…
When listing all of the problems in America’s justice system, the racial disparities are too numerous to count, the…
1. Buy five whole orders of the surprisingly filling Vietnamese Shrimp Summer Rolls at The Cheesecake Factory.
Black people usually recoil when we hear a white person say, “I don’t see color,” and with good reason. It usually…
These are the words of a billionaire owner of an NFL franchise, the words of the most (or second most behind Jerry…
Two Harris County Texas judges accounted for more than one-fifth of all children sent to the state’s juvenile…
Instead of being immediately tossed into jail for failing to pay fines or fees related to whatever legal issues you…