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...
JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two brothers wrongfully imprisoned for three decades in the killing of an 11-year-old girl say pardons will...