BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The book is an unapologetic examination of how the horrors of the past—rooted in slavery—continue to manifest in present-day America through police brutality,...
Residents in Oakland and throughout the Bay Area are supporting efforts to stop the construction of The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, which many refer to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "At each significant turning point in my life, when I was introduced to the world of progressive political activism, anti-racist prison abolition struggles,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Delaware County Council have begun investigating stunning claims that officials from the Adult Probation & Parole Department have exchanged alarming emails throughout the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The black community in America has not lashed out with retribution, violence or hate. We remain the most abused, but have maintained a...
JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some federal and state prisoners could soon be eligible for federal student aid to take college courses while...
EL RENO, Okla. (New York Times) — They opened the door to Cell 123, and President Obama stared inside. In the space of 9 feet by 10 feet,...
By Bobbi Booker Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA – Immediately following President Barack Obama’s speech in Philadelphia this week, NAACP President Cornell W....
(Washington Post) – Sharanda Jones — prisoner 33177-077 — struggled to describe the moment in 1999 when a federal judge sentenced her to life in prison...
(New York Times) – Two men were sitting in a parked car, waiting to pick someone up. Carlos Cervantes was in the driver’s seat. He was...
By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) recently held a panel of juvenile court judges and...
(CBS News) – In a rare moment of unity this week, both President Obama and GOP leaders in Congress will be highlighting the need to...
(NPR) – In the 1990s, states went on a prison-building binge. Today, millions who spent time in those prisons are back in society — and...
(NPR) – In the 1990s, states went on a prison-building binge. Today, millions who spent time in those prisons are back in society — and...
(USA Today) – New York City will pay $6.25 million to a man wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years for a murder he didn’t commit. The settlement...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for inmates who are accused of crimes — but not yet convicted — to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for inmates who are accused of crimes — but not yet convicted — to...
REBECCA BOONE, Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — All but four states have either met or are working toward meeting federal guidelines intended to prevent prison...
REBECCA BOONE, Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — All but four states have either met or are working toward meeting federal guidelines intended to prevent prison...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Seventeen states and Washington, D.C. have passed laws making it easier for ex-offenders to find jobs...
STACEY PLAISANCE, Associated Press REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Robert King says he watched nearly three decades of his life fade away in...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black community should take a larger role in curbing mass incarceration and be less reliant on...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black community should take a larger role in curbing mass incarceration and be less reliant on...
CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press BRIAN SLODYSKO, Associated Press ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — Prison activist Albert Woodfox, the last member of the “Angola Three” inmates held...
CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press BRIAN SLODYSKO, Associated Press ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — Prison activist Albert Woodfox, the last member of the “Angola Three” inmates held...
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