"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...
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