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...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – More than 40 states allow prison and jails to charge inmates “pay to stay” fees,...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – More than 40 states allow prison and jails to charge inmates “pay to stay” fees,...
JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is giving 20 jails of all sizes $150,000 each to...
(Salon) – Voting matters. Though many Americans believe that voting is either useless or merely a civic duty, in reality it carries huge consequences for...
JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press RICHMOND, Texas (AP) — Four-year-old William Cole saw his father’s face and reached out to touch it during a jail visit....
JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press RICHMOND, Texas (AP) — Four-year-old William Cole saw his father’s face and reached out to touch it during a jail visit....
NEW BOSTON, Tex. (New York Times) — The inmate, dressed in prison whites with a shaved head and incongruously tender eyes behind wire-rimmed glasses, entered the...
(CNN) – President Bill Clinton on Wednesday conceded that over-incarceration in the United States stems in part from policies passed under his administration. Clinton signed...
(CNN) – President Bill Clinton on Wednesday conceded that over-incarceration in the United States stems in part from policies passed under his administration. Clinton signed...
(CBS News) – Nearly half of American young adults lack confidence in the nation’s justice system or don’t trust their local police to do the...
(Politico) – Hillary Clinton declared Wednesday in New York that there’s “something wrong” with criminal justice in America. But a lot of what Clinton finds...
(Politico) – Hillary Clinton declared Wednesday in New York that there’s “something wrong” with criminal justice in America. But a lot of what Clinton finds...
(The Daily Beast) – For 21 years, death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning has waited for a DNA test to prove his innocence. In 1994,...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A district judge agreed to halt the lethal injection of a Missouri death row inmate, but the decision...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A district judge agreed to halt the lethal injection of a Missouri death row inmate, but the decision...
(New York Times) – It was not a particularly violent crime that sent Michael Megginson to Rikers Island. He was arrested for stealing a cellphone. But in...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Prisoners’ advocate groups hope President Barack Obama’s decision to grant clemency to nearly two dozen,...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Prisoners’ advocate groups hope President Barack Obama’s decision to grant clemency to nearly two dozen,...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Mass incarceration in the United States is counterproductive and disproportionately causes a long-term injury to Black Americans and...
(CBS News) – Disturbing photos of a teen beaten at a Georgia prison — apparently captured on an inmate’s cellphone — made it onto Facebook before...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday shortened the prison sentences of nearly two dozen drug convicts, including eight serving life...
JULIE WATSON, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — In a move that could heighten the hurdles faced by states attempting to execute prisoners, a leading association...
JULIE WATSON, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — In a move that could heighten the hurdles faced by states attempting to execute prisoners, a leading association...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the economy recovers and violent crime hits 30-year lows, lawmakers continue to trade in their...