prison reform

White jurist apologizes to Michigan’s first Black Supreme Court justice for his hiring comments

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A neon sign reading "Bail Bonds"

Illinois’ plan to end cash bail is not a ‘purge law.’ It will, however, stop the criminalization of poverty

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Albert Woodfox, inmate who spent decades in solitary, dies

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Alabama, Juvenile, theGrio.com

Colonizers intended mostly Black people to land in solitary confinement, and that’s exactly what’s happened

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La. Gov. John Bel Edwards, theGrio.com

Governor expected to sign bill that releases some ’10/6 lifers’ who had received life sentences

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Georgia bill to pay exonerated former inmates awaits Senate approval

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74-year-old Nashville woman exonerated after 27 years in prison

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Montoyae Dontae Sharpe -theGrio.com

Man released after 24-year false inprisonment in North Carolina

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Workers at federal prisons are committing some of the crimes

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Wisconsin has the highest rate of imprisoned Black adults

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Meek Mill says he still doesn’t feel ‘totally free’

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Alabama lawmakers OK plan to build prisons with virus cash

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Alabama lawmakers weigh using virus funds to build prisons

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Michael K. Williams thegrio.com

NY lawmaker plans to introduce prison reform bill in Michael K. Williams’ honor

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Grandmother, 76, sent back to prison after missing phone call during class

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Marijuana plants

Allen Russell to continue serving life sentence for marijuana conviction

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs bill restoring voter rights to felons

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A Florida woman is fighting for her mother’s release from prison

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Philly restaurant only employs formerly incarcerated people

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Northeast U.S. Digs Out After "Bomb Cyclone" Snowstorm

Back-to-Back deaths on Rikers Island raise more concerns

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