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Report finds that pay-to-stay fees on incarcerated people leave financial strain on their loved ones, especially Black women.
A report by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that Black students are suspended far more than white students in…
Rapper JT of the City Girls is helping formerly incarcerated women access support resources like therapy, housing assistance and more.
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a bill authorizing regulators to set limits for fees on calls from corrections facilities.
New York is taking away one of the few pleasures of life behind bars: It will no longer let people…
As states seek to avoid criminalizing individuals with mental illness, resources are often lacking post-arrest.
America’s first penitentiary was established in Philadelphia in 1790, and it contained the nation’s first solitary confinement cells.
"She was the only person at the Forsyth County jail who worked to save his life. She will be fully…
The policies of Manhattan’s new DA have drawn criticism from NYPD commissioner Keechant Sewell who cited police officers' safety.
The Sentencing Project notes that Wisconsin is followed by Oklahoma, Idaho and Montana, all states with low Black populations.
The midwestern state, which has a less than 7% Black population, incarcerates the most Black adults in the the entire…
North Carolina judges rule to grant voting access to over 50,000 convicted felons including ones currently on probation
A 12-year-old boy received the ultimate surprise when he was reunited with his father upon his release from prison.
Childhood friends Kurt Evans and Muhammed Abdul-Hadi opened Down North Pizza in Philadelphia to decrease recidivism rates.
Virginia is on track to become the first Southern state to legalize marijuana after the General Assembly voted 55-42 in…
Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was denied a relase from a federal prison in Louisiana despite a COVID-19 outbreak there.
An employee who worked as a case manager at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary has died after testing positive for coronavirus
The coronavirus has a significant impact on black women in jail, many of whom are only there because they can't…
A federal report confirms more than 90% of inmates already freed by the First Step Act are African American men,…
Meek Mill now known as much for his legal trouble as any music he's done says he's afraid his situation…