Willie Manning shows why death penalty must end
OPINION - Unless the governor of Mississippi intervenes, the Magnolia State will execute Willie Jerome Manning on May 7...
White supremacist gangs in national spotlight
theGRIO REPORT - Who would have known that white supremacist prison gangs are a problem in America?...
Study: Half of people shot by cops mentally ill
theGRIO REPORT - A new study in a Maine newspaper sheds light on a national problem of police and the fatal shooting of the mentally ill...
Ban on juvenile lifers a win for black community
OPINION - This week the U.S. Supreme Court scored a victory for reform in the criminal justice system...
Prison report begs for change of system
OPINION - What does it say about our society when the health care that people supposedly receive behind bars is somehow more accessible than what people receive on the outside?
Wrongfully convicted man hopes settlement will pay for criminal justice degree
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Wisconsin Innocence Project helped free him last year, and now the 46-year-old Milwaukee man wants to make sure no one else has to endure what he suffered...
Attorney General Holder in Kabul to assess corruption
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was in the Afghan capital to talk with officials about improving the justice system and fighting corruption...
Jail populations shrink but growing problems remain
OPINION - Unless we support ongoing efforts to downscale prisons and jails, our country will literally go broke and funds for other public sector ventures will dry up...
