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Two inmates died within days of one another on Rikers Island amidst other incidents of gross negligence at the infamous…
theGrio spoke with Amber Crowder, founder of the Been Down Project, about being a an advocate for women in the…
Kim Kardashian's visit to Oklahoma with death row inmate, Julius Jones, is being heralded as a big morale booster for…
Prison populations across the nation have been largely ignored during the COVID-19 pandemic as the virus ravages communities.
Rapper Loon now known as Amir Junaid Muhadith will serve as an inagural fellow for Meek Mill's Reform Alliance.
After a Reuters investigation identified hundreds of deaths in the state's jails, Georgia lawmakers are pressing for stronger oversight.
A Pennsylvania inmate whose dreadlocks violated a jail’s haircut policy has been released from solitary confinement after more than a…
The criminal justice system is not excluded from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and many organizers are calling for…
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the “NYS Clean” hand sanitizer during a press conference on Monday, a product to be made by state…
Jay-Z and Yo Gotti have filed a second lawsuit this week against the Mississippi Department of Corrections’ Parchman prison.
A Pennsylvania inmate has spent more than a year in solitary confinement because he refuses to cut his dreadlocks.
Otis Mallet was released from a Texas prison after a judge declared him not guilty of a drug offense for…
[griojw id=”s6tINg2D” playerid=””] Activists, celebrities, and everyday folks have been speaking out on social media about the five inmates recently
Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman is grappling with where to house 625 violent offenders currently in need of jail cells.
This week it was confirmed that hip-hop mogul and prison reform activist Jay-Z has sued the head of the Mississippi…
When Topeka K. Sam was charged with drug conspiracy, she hoped to receive bail, but instead, she ended up serving…
Inmates in West Virginia made between $0.04 and $0.58 an hour in 2017, but they are now charged 3 cents…
An Oklahoma mother sentenced to 30 years in prison for failing to protect her children from child abuse is now…
People have been upset about the pathetically small amount of jail time Felicity Huffman received compared to a homeless Black…
Rapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge Tuesday in a deal that resolves a 2007 arrest that…