Criminal Justice System

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thegrio, Congress, Medicaid, Trump, Tax Bill
September 17, 2025
The House passed two bills to overhaul juvenile justice in Washington, D.C., deepening clashes over local control and federal overreach.
December 1, 2023
For many, recent protests against police brutality called attention to longstanding discrepancies in the administration of justice. For...
Alabama Parole Board
October 1, 2022
If the federal government wants to deliver on the promises of criminal justice reform, then it must create conviction integrity…
courtroom thegrio.com
July 4, 2022
For the first time, a Black woman has been appointed to oversee the Division of Public Defender Services for Connecticut.
Earl Snoddy thegrio.com
February 11, 2022
Earl Snoddy was sentenced to life in prison for a 1995 robbery but after spending 27 years incarcerated, his sentence…
theGRIO.com
January 31, 2022
Willie Stokes, a Philadelphia man recently freed after 37 years in prison for murder, is suing the city for 'outrageous…
January 18, 2022
Four inmates say the Washington County Detention Center and its doctor gave them the drug to treat COVID-19 without their…
Kyle Rittenhouse
November 19, 2021
OPINION: The Rittenhouse Privilege has set a precedent that permits individuals to claim self-defense in the most outrageous of cases.
October 9, 2021
Meek Mill's latest album 'Expensive Pain' has been well received but the rapper says he still doesn't feel totally free.
Singer R. Kelly
September 30, 2021
Sil Lai Abrams explores if a hybrid approach of restorative justice and confinement could be the better answer for Kelly…
Ralph Blaine Smith thegrio.com
September 17, 2021
Ralph Blaine Smith was freed from an Ohio prison in July after serving 21 years for a crime that may…
Capitol rioter Paul Hodgkins
July 21, 2021
Capitol insurrectionist Paul Hodgkins was sentenced to just 8 months, while ex-felons Hervis Rogers and Crystal Mason face years for…
Honestie Hodges
March 16, 2021
Don’t just put yourself in Black women and girls' shoes--try walking in them. We’re not magic, we’re real.
February 24, 2021
Governor Pritzker calls his signing of HB 3653 "a substantial step toward dismantling the systemic racism that plagues our communities."
4th Annual TIDAL X: Brooklyn - Arrivals
September 22, 2020
Florida rapper Kodak Black alleges he's being tortured in a federal facility in Kentucky where he's serving time on gun…
June 10, 2020
As activists across the country continue to demand accountability for police brutality, this week, New York lawmakers passed a bill
April 20, 2020
Natalie Papillion says the COVID-19 crisis sadly illustrates that without serious criminal justice reform, literal lives remain on the balance.
June 14, 2019
Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, wrote an op/ed piece that painfully examines injustice at the hands of a system…
February 7, 2019
Activist Sharon White-Harrigan takes the stage at the 2019 MAKERS Conference to speak about the impact of women and prison reform.
February 14, 2018
Meek Mill, and his legal team, may have found a new way to get him released from prison. Page Six