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Grace, the 15-year-old Black Michigan teenager who was jailed for falling behind on schoolwork during a global…
Aug 29
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In June 2018, President Trump commuted the sentence of then 63-year-old Alice Johnson, who served 21 years of a life…
Aug 29
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In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, a Colorado woman accused the staff at the Denver County Jail of forcing her…
Apr 24 2019
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During a CNN Town Hall earlier this week, Senator Kamala Harris was asked if people in prison should have the right…
Apr 20 2019
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A woman in St. Louis County has filed a lawsuit alleging her civil rights were violated when, after being arrested…
Dec 7 2018
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In a lawsuit filed Thursday, a woman identified as Jane Doe accused police of shackling her to the bed while she…
Dec 3 2018
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A new report from the Marshall Project outlines how child-welfare systems take children away from incarcerated…
Aug 24 2018
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On Tuesday, incarcerated people around the country launched a 19-day strike, protesting the dire conditions of their…
May 13 2018
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When Cassidy Green learned that she was pregnant, she and her husband didn’t discuss cribs, co-sleeping, or even…
Apr 24 2018
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Meek Mill was granted bail on Tuesday following the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s order that the rapper be released…
Jan 31 2018
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San Francisco’s District Attorney George Gascón announced on Wednesday that the city will be reviewing and…
Oct 18 2017
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In collaboration with Rise magazine, Jezebel is publishing a series of articles written by parents affected by the…
Oct 13 2017
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Jezebel Staff and Rise Magazine
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In collaboration with Rise magazine, Jezebel is publishing a series of articles written by parents affected by the…
Jun 27 2017
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U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ordered Alabama to improve prison conditions for its mentally ill inmates on…
Sep 3 2016
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What image do the words “residential center” conjure in your mind? Perhaps a place where people live of their own…
Aug 18 2016
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The Justice Department is planning to end the use of private prisons in the United States, the Washington Post…
Aug 17 2016
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The latest available statistics from the Justice Department document 1 in 36 adults, or 6,851,000 people, as having…
Jun 13 2016
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The Associated Press revealed today that the state of Louisiana has spent three years and over $1 million so far…
May 21 2015
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In a remarkably civil letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the state would…
Nov 7 2014
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As of 2010, there were around 205,000 women in prison in the United States, and a million more under some kind of…