Mass Incarceration

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February 16, 2024
Anti-crime measures in the Secure D.C. Act being considered raise concerns about its impact on Blacks living in the District…
February 15, 2024
Categorical clemency is a step toward acknowledging the ways the Black community has been targeted and harmed by mass incarceration.
January 2, 2024
Mass incarceration is family separation “on repeat,” creating mass isolation and loneliness. And Black women are an unrecognized casualty.
November 2, 2021
The Sentencing Project notes that Wisconsin is followed by Oklahoma, Idaho and Montana, all states with low Black populations.
Gov. Kay Ivey and prison
October 4, 2021
It is no surprise that Black people in Alabama are 28% of state residents, but 43% of the people in…
Michael K. Williams thegrio.com
September 8, 2021
A New York Assemblymember intends to introduce a prison reform bill in honor of late actor Michael K. Williams.
Maryland theGRIO.com
June 22, 2021
A 12-year-old boy received the ultimate surprise when he was reunited with his father upon his release from prison.
Black father and his daughter hold piggybank
June 22, 2021
The Economic Security Project gives cash to mothers to show the existing evidence on the benefits of cash on women…
June 20, 2021
Richeda Ashmeade was just 12-years-old when her father was incarcerated. In light of Father’s Day, she reflects on their last…
Members of The Decarceration Collective: Calyssa Zellars, Angela Wynn, MiAngel Cody, Talisha Griffin and Jacki Phelps
May 3, 2021
The Decarceration Collective, a Black women-led law office, has helped over 40 nonviolent offenders come home from prison.
April 18, 2021
Childhood friends Kurt Evans and Muhammed Abdul-Hadi opened Down North Pizza in Philadelphia to decrease recidivism rates.
Man in Prison
March 5, 2021
In New York alone, Black and Brown communities lose more than $1B in earnings per year due to mass incarceration,…
February 12, 2021
The impact of COVID-19 in America's prisons is yet another manifestation of state-sanctioned violence against Black people in the U.S.
August 17, 2020
JustLeadershipUSA, a group empowering people most affected by mass will bring the stories of those formerly incarcerated to the DNC.
August 1, 2020
William Haymon celebrated his 16th birthday and his 511th day in jail on July 14th, and there is no telling…
July 8, 2020
OPINION: Dr. Jason Johnson says Trump campaign ads point to trouble for a Biden-Harris ticket if they don't get on…
April 20, 2020
Natalie Papillion says the COVID-19 crisis sadly illustrates that without serious criminal justice reform, literal lives remain on the balance.
Topeka Sam
December 9, 2019
When Topeka K. Sam was charged with drug conspiracy, she hoped to receive bail, but instead, she ended up serving…
November 27, 2019
Van Jones sits down with theGrio and gets real about his work, his relationship with Trump, and how it feels…
July 15, 2019
Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Karen Bass have introduced a new bill meant to help people who received a sentence…