criminal justice reform
Former Gang Member Is Now the Coach of an Inner-City Boxing League
Derek Brown is keeping at-risk youth from the school of hard knocks by teaching them how to box.
Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones Will Change the Justice System
"We are in this for as long as it takes. We're fighting to change a system that is against us just because we're black, brown, and poor."
Louisiana Is Trying to Fix Its Uniquely Terrible Justice System
Tough-talking lawmen aren't high on the idea, but the high cost of being the world capital of mass incarceration could force actual change.
New York Is Getting Serious About Closing the Hellish Jail on Rikers Island
After decades of brutal incidents in the notorious jail complex, reformers are getting closer to the ultimate prize.
How Solitary Confinement Haunts Me, Five Years After My Release
After getting busted for heroin, I spent a brief amount of time in solitary confinement. It changed my life forever.
Why I Rejected President Obama's Clemency Offer
Arnold Ray Jones is doing time for crack, but despite getting an offer of early release from the White House, he's high on Trump.
What Jeff Sessions's Appointment Would Mean for Criminal Justice in America
What the former US attorney and state attorney general in Alabama could do to police oversight, sentencing, private prisons, immigration, and more if he becomes attorney general.
Before Her Death, Kalief Browder’s Mother Spoke Out About His Mistreatment at Rikers
Venida Browder died of complications from a heart attack Friday, just 16 months after her son hanged himself in the wake of three horrific years on Rikers Island.
How Criminal Justice Reform Died
What seemed inevitable when President Obama visited a federal prison and everyone from Charles Koch to Newt Gingrich was onboard is now a pipe dream. But could that be a good thing?