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Beginning June 16, moviegoers will be able to see the much-anticipated “All Eyez on Me,” the biopic of Tupac Shakur, one of the…
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Andy Clark/Reuters On May 12, Lucie Charlebois, Québec’s minister of public health, proudly announced that two centers where…
Taylor Schilling, left, and Uzo Aduba in "Orange Is the New Black."(Photo: Paul Schiraldi, Netflix, via AP) Attorney General…
The memo sent by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to all 94 U.S. attorneys in this country announced his plans to get tougher on…
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made no secret of his desire to renew America’s ‘war on drugs,’ and Department of…
Editor’s note: This story is part of an occasional series during Black History Month 2017.
America’s criminal justice system is broken. Too many of our fellow citizens are rotting behind bars, unable to atone for their…
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To date, President-elect Donald Trump has not said exactly how he will address criminal justice reform as the nation's 45th…
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A popular new video on the internet is wrong. Specifically, a video published in the New York Times, narrated by Jay Z in…
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Prisons can’t run without inmates, in more ways than one. Prisoners wash floors, work in the laundries and kitchens, and…
Prisons can’t run without inmates, in more ways than one. Prisoners wash floors, work in the laundries and kitchens, and…
“I said, ‘Yes, all lives do matter, but blacks are getting shot at the rate of six times that whites are.
Do Americans really want to end mass incarceration? Or do they simply want to cut prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders?
Earlier this year, a college student’s prison sentence triggered nationwide outrage — former Stanford University student Brock…
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A man and his boyfriend in Atlanta spent 10 days and nearly one month in a hospital, respectively, after another man, Martin…
A myth that is wrong and only addressed when we look at our violent past. Portrait of a young man in jail Photo Credit…
On July 25, Australian current affairs program Four Corners aired a report focusing on the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre, a…
Crime and policing has been a fixture of every night of the Republican National Convention.
THE BLOG 07/20/2016 04:50 pm ET Inge Fryklund JD, PhD. Former Chicago prosecutor, international development professional, and…
The Brock Turner case has reminded us of the bitter truth of the adage that in America it is better to be guilty and rich than…
Church of Scientology International (via noodls) / Volunteers at the Criminon Center in Clearwater, Florida, say that with a…
The Pew Charitable Trusts (via noodls) / Stateline Legislative Review 2016 Faced with overcrowded prisons and evidence that…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
Volunteers at the Criminon Center in Clearwater, Florida, say that with a few hours each week you can do something effective to…
More than, with. Of the 100,000 inmates in Florida's prison system, nearly one in three released will be behind bars again…
Volunteers at the Criminon Center in Clearwater, Florida, say that with a few hours each week you can do something effective to…
By Jessica Lussenhop BBC News Magazine 18 April 2016 From the section US
Things have changed a lot since 1994. Murder is no longer an epidemic. Marijuana is legal in a small but growing number of…
“Gangs and drugs have taken over our streets,” President Clinton said in 1994 as he signed a far-reaching anti-crime bill to…
“Gangs and drugs have taken over our streets,” President Bill Clinton said in 1994 as he signed a far-reaching anti-crime bill…
St. Louis County Police and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers stand guard as protesters march on West Florissant Avenue in…
St. Louis County Police and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers stand guard as protesters march on West Florissant Avenue in…
Nancy Reagan at RFK Stadium in Washington in 1988.(Photo: Doug Mills, AP) One of former first lady Nancy Reagan’s most famous…
America is number one — in incarceration. Over the past several decades, the country has built the largest prison population in…
A single protester at a fundraising event raised Hillary Clinton’s1996 tough-on-crime rhetoric, highlighting the significant…
An activist challenged Hillary Clinton's record on race Feb. 24, during a private fundraising event in Charleston, S.C.
An activist challenged Hillary Clinton's record on race Feb. 24, during a private fundraising event in Charleston, S.C.
The LA Times reports today that when Bernie Sanders talks about racial issues, he tends to focus on black incarceration rates…
The LA Times reports today that when Bernie Sanders talks about racial issues, he tends to focus on black incarceration rates…
Hillary Clinton has criticized Bernie Sanders as a candidate who's making promises he can't keep — although usually this…
The United States has the second-highest prison population rate in the world. Of every 100,000 people in the U.S., 698 are held…
We are shockingly comfortable with hate and fear as core elements of our public policy discussions today.
The landscape of the 2016 election is seismic. Deep beneath the surface of our daily lives, three tectonic plates have collided…
Danielle Allen is a political theorist at Harvard University and a contributing columnist for The Post.
Police display photos of firearms during a news conference near the site of Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif.
Police display photos of firearms during a news conference near the site of Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif.
Police display photos of firearms during a news conference near the site of Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif.
Never marry again in slavery. — Margaret Garner, 1858 Wherever the law is, crime can be found.
(Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) The Justice Department’s upcoming release of some 6,000 nonviolent drug offenders is an…
Pope Francis meets with President Obama at the Vatican in March 2014. Photo via Official White House Flickr feed This story was…
On New Year’s Eve, 1964, Assistant Secretary of Labor Daniel Patrick Moynihan assembled his staff in his office to announce…
Never marry again in slavery. — Margaret Garner, 1858 Wherever the law is, crime can be found.
With mesh backpacks slung over their shoulders, inmates walk to school at San Quentin State Prison.
America, by far, has the highest incarceration rate among developed nations. The rate of imprisonment in the U.S.
Jeff Mizanskey er det seneste eksempel på et markant holdningsskifte til straf og narkokriminalitet i det amerikanske samfund.
A look at the push to design correctional facilities for rehabilitation rather than punishment.
Researchers unveil an interactive tool showing that any significant change would have to involve reform by the states and…
Obama is the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The plight of the…
When men and women go to college in prison, they often do not return to the world of crime. rosefirerising , CC BY-NC US…
This is the third installment in a series on victims of crime. Read Part 1 and Part 2 .
2014 report from the U.S. National Research Council presenting key data, findings and recommendations about the country's…
There has been a lot written as to why President Obama's visit to a Medium Security prison in Oklahoma should be hailed as a…
Som et led i en større reform af det amerikanske retssystem giver Obama 46 personer "en ny chance".