"What's Going On In Your Justice System Today?" Cash Bail Edition By:
Shamona Rodney Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today, the
SAFE-T Act was an initiative backed by the Illinois Legislat...
Defunding the Police The term “defund the police” has become more
prominent in recent years with the rise of the Black Lives Matter
movement and increased exposure to incidents of police brutality. To...
Drug Myths, Laws, and Enforcement - The War on Drugs By: Ally Smith The
War on Drugs has plagued the United States since the 1970s when
President Richard Nixon took office and has yet to end. It is be...
Prison Abolition by: Maya Simmons Prison abolition is a social campaign
that calls to eliminate prisons and offer alternatives to incarceration.
The U.S. prison population has increased rapidly in rec...
The School to Prison Pipeline By: Hannah Ravenell The School to Prison
Pipeline can be described as a system that involves the criminalizing of
students and the subsequent funneling of these students ...
The Horrifying Impact of Solitary Confinement By: Rayna Richardson
Picture living inside a 6-by-8-foot cell, where there is no light or
windows. Inside lies a flimsy mattress, accompanied by a dirty s...
Discriminatory Sentencing By: Naheim Banks The United States continues
to incarcerate more people than every other nation in the world. The
U.S. contains just 5 percent of the world’s prison populatio...
Abolishing Private Detention Facilities Does Not Fix The Problem By:
Jayden Bolden On January 26, 2021 Joe Biden signed an executive order
which stated that the U.S. Attorney General “shall not renew ...
Palestinian Detainees in Israeli Prisons: What You Need to Know Despite
issues of mass censorship on far-reaching social media sites including
Twitter and Instagram, Palestine is in the international ...
Community-Based Programs for Juveniles By: Carly Faulkner According to
the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, increasing
amounts of incarceration during one’s youth can worsen one...
Prison Industrial Complex By: Naheim Banks The Criminal Justice Complex
is the term used to describe the overlapping interests of government and
corporations that often use policing and imprisonment a...
Prison, Trial, and the Cash Bail System By Hannah Ravenell Whether you
know anything about the law or the way the criminal justice system
functions, you’ve likely heard the phrase “innocent before pro...
Access to Mental Health Services By: Carly Faulkner Mental health
affects everyone, including the men, women, and children facing
incarceration. However, there is limited access to adequate mental
hea...
Racial Disparities in Juvenile Justice Systems By: Irene Koo Involvement
with the US criminal justice system has multiple implications, including
disruption in the environment, schooling, and employme...
Reforming Prison Labor By: Carly Faulkner Since the start of the
COVID-19 Pandemic, prison manufacturing has increased in many states
across the nation. This is due to the country’s heavy reliance on
...
Police in Schools By: Nia Faith According to the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU), there are “1.7 million students attending
schools with police officers but no counselors, 3 million students
att...
Why Is There No Accountability For Police Brutality? By: Carly Faulkner
When looking at the number of times the media has reported on an unarmed
civilian killed or injured by a police officer in the y...
Increasing Access to Hygiene Products in Prisons By: @Kryssy Periods are
nothing new, but there's a critical difference between an inmate and a
regular menstruating human who experiences periods. Whil...
Employment after Incarceration As 600,000 formerly imprisoned
individuals enter society each year, employment opportunities are
crucial in aiding their difficult transition. However, in seeking
employ...
Progressive Prosecutors Prosecutors are the most influential figures in
the fight to end mass incarceration. They determine plea deals, decide
whether to file or drop charges and what sentences to see...