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For the latest cover of Elle, actor Tracee Ellis Ross discussed beauty, the politics of Black natural hair, and her…
Grace, the 15-year-old Black Michigan teenager who was jailed for falling behind on schoolwork during a global…
In June 2018, President Trump commuted the sentence of then 63-year-old Alice Johnson, who served 21 years of a life…
In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, a Colorado woman accused the staff at the Denver County Jail of forcing her…
During a CNN Town Hall earlier this week, Senator Kamala Harris was asked if people in prison should have the right…
A woman in St. Louis County has filed a lawsuit alleging her civil rights were violated when, after being arrested…
In a lawsuit filed Thursday, a woman identified as Jane Doe accused police of shackling her to the bed while she…
A new report from the Marshall Project outlines how child-welfare systems take children away from incarcerated…
On Tuesday, incarcerated people around the country launched a 19-day strike, protesting the dire conditions of their…
When Cassidy Green learned that she was pregnant, she and her husband didn’t discuss cribs, co-sleeping, or even…
Meek Mill was granted bail on Tuesday following the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s order that the rapper be released…
San Francisco’s District Attorney George Gascón announced on Wednesday that the city will be reviewing and…
In collaboration with Rise magazine, Jezebel is publishing a series of articles written by parents affected by the…
In collaboration with Rise magazine, Jezebel is publishing a series of articles written by parents affected by the…
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ordered Alabama to improve prison conditions for its mentally ill inmates on…
What image do the words “residential center” conjure in your mind? Perhaps a place where people live of their own…
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The Justice Department is planning to end the use of private prisons in the United States, the Washington Post…
The latest available statistics from the Justice Department document 1 in 36 adults, or 6,851,000 people, as having…
The Associated Press revealed today that the state of Louisiana has spent three years and over $1 million so far…