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‘They Slave Us’: Prison Workers on Life Behind Bars
New York Magazine· 2 days agoHaving to choose between purchasing food or personal items. Many of the incarcerated workers are employed by Corcraft, the industry program within the...
20 Images From The Legacy Museum's Haunting 'Lynching Memorial'
The Root· 9 hours agoThe building runs about 11,000 square feet wide on its own, but down the street is the National...
Gov. Mike DeWine: Jail deaths should be investigated by an outside agency, not sheriffs
Gannett via AOL· 12 hours ago"There would be many sheriffs that would be reluctant to accept our help." ACLU of Ohio lobbyist...
Incarcerated Women Are Dehumanized and Overlooked, Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Says
Teen Vogue· 5 days agoResearch. The US cages more women than anywhere else on earth, with just 4% of women’s total global...
Ohio's jails have long been de facto mental health hospitals. Now they look like them
The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFor example, the new Franklin County Jail will replace the jail on Jackson Pike where inmates report...
Delegation for 6.4.24: Defense dollars — red tape — ports of call — El Salvador — smackdown
Florida Politics· 9 hours agoWith election season just over the horizon, members of Congress are trying to put together critical...
California Assembly Divided as Controversial Shoplifting Bill Secures Narrow Victory | KQED
KQED· 4 days ago“AB 1990 will increase the unnecessary harassment, detention, arrest and mass incarceration of Black...
House votes 50 to 17 for bill to make threatening school employees a felony in R.I. - The Boston...
The Boston Globe· 6 days agoOn May 7, the House voted 69 to 2 for separation legislation, House bill 7447, that added election...
How pro-Palestinian protests led to a massive UC strike, injecting new fuel into antiwar activism
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn a similar pact at UC Riverside, Chancellor Kim Wilcox said he would form a task force to...
Hastings: Thoughts on compassion
Petoskey News Review via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJudgment and punishment seem more important than compassion in dealing with human failings. So how might a mass-incarceration nation rediscover divine...