Mass Incarceration

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Black Mama Bail out thegrio
May 11, 2019
Black Mama's Bail Out operates across the country with the sole purpose of reuniting Black women with their children and…
Kamala Harris thegrio.com
February 23, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris knows that there are those who are skeptical about her career as a prosecutor but says she…
December 21, 2018
Sen. Cory Booker believes the FIRST STEP bill is far from a comprehensive overhaul of this country's broken prison system.
December 18, 2018
CNN host and activist Van Jones talks FIRST STEP Act, criminal justice reform and soft peddling approach to interviewing Jared…
Louis L. Reid thegrio.com
December 17, 2018
Louis Reid served almost 14 years and now wants the First STEP ACT to free thousands of others as part…
December 6, 2018
The latest version of the First Step Act could be what's needed to truly make comprehensive criminal justice reform a…
Tamika Mallory thegrio.com
September 13, 2018
[griojw id=”JMQOe62x” playerid=”GEDLwojW”] Activist and Women’s March Co-Chair, Tamika D. Mallory was joined by Senator Nina Turner, President, and CEO
Meek Mill thegrio.com
August 11, 2018
Philadelphia rapper, Meek Mill is a voice for prison reform, but also plans to help those who are wrongfully incarcerated.
Donald Trump thegrio.com
June 15, 2018
The public policy organization Demos has issued an landmark 11-page report exclusively to theGrio called, “Social Exclusion: Black People Have Everything…
May 18, 2018
[griojw id=”ER4qSFxK” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]Johnny Perez used to speak to himself in solitary confinement, just to hear a human voice. The isolation
January 8, 2018
Two New Jersey prisons have banned Michelle Alexander’s book on mass incarceration, “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of…
November 23, 2017
The former Hollywood agent, whose clientele has included every from Oprah Winfrey to Missy Elliott, is building his own empire…
Denzel Washington Receives the Film Icon Award - TheGrio Awards 2023
November 21, 2017
Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington says making positive change in black communities starts at home...
November 17, 2017
JAY-Z hasn’t been quiet about his outrage over the sentencing of Meek Mill, who was slapped with a sentence of
September 27, 2017
Shaka Senghor knows the power of redemption. The New York Times bestselling author, educator and activist has dedicated his life
July 27, 2017
State-sanctioned efforts to keep the incarcerated from reproducing began in the early 20th century and continue today.
June 8, 2017
In her 1996 book It Takes A Village, Hillary Clinton describes how Black prison workers worked at the Arkansas governor's…
April 12, 2017
Spike TV’s six-part doc "Time: The Kalief Browder Story"left many viewers with a cold ball of anger.
February 24, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has issued a memo on Thursday reversing one made by his predecessor, Sally Yates, concerning the…
February 17, 2017
It’s been eighteen months since Remy Ma finished up her eight-year prison sentence, and while she’s excited to get back