prison reform

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

Published by

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

Published by

Albert Woodfox, inmate who spent decades in solitary, dies

Published by
Ricky Godfrey California

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

America’s first penitentiary was established in Philadelphia in 1790, and this is where the nation’s first solitary confinement cells were
/ June 10, 2022
La. Gov. John Bel Edwards, theGrio.com

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

Democratic Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards is expected to sign a bill into law that will provide parole eligibility to
/ May 31, 2022

Georgia bill to pay exonerated former inmates awaits Senate approval

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives in Georgia cleared the way for a bill that would give exonerated former inmates
/ March 17, 2022
Judge Wooden gavel on the table of judge with american flag and black chair

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

A 74-year-old Nashville woman and her late boyfriend have been exonerated for the rape and murder of her great-niece after
/ January 16, 2022
Montoyae Dontae Sharpe -theGrio.com

Man released after 24-year false inprisonment in North Carolina

Montoyae Dontae Sharpe, who spent 24 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, was pardoned on Friday.
/ November 14, 2021

Workers at federal prisons are committing some of the crimes

More than 100 federal prison workers have been arrested, convicted or sentenced for crimes since the start of 2019, including
/ November 14, 2021
prison jail thegrio.com

Wisconsin has the highest rate of imprisoned Black adults

A shocking new report reveals that Wisconsin, the midwestern state with a population made of less than 7% African American
/ October 16, 2021