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Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders speaks at the beginning of a town hall meeting to discuss his criminal justice reform plan on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
August 19, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is proposing a criminal justice overhaul that aims to cut the nation's prison population in…
Kim Kardashian thegrio.com
July 17, 2019
The soon-to-be lawyer and reality star, who facilitated the release of non-violent drug offender Alice Marie Johnson, took to Instagram…
Kim Kardashian West speaks during an East Room event on “second chance hiring” June 13, 2019 at the White House in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump held the event to highlight the achievements on Second Chance hiring and workforce development. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
June 17, 2019
A partnership between Kim Kardashian West and a rideshare giant will potentially help thousands of inmates get back on their…
T.I. at 2018 SXSW on March 17, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for SXSW)
June 17, 2019
Music artist T.I. is lending his voice to a project involving the late Martin Luther King Jr.'s home church in…
jail thegrio.com
June 7, 2019
TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters and videographers will investigate police
jail cell thegrio.com
June 4, 2019
While the city argued that an officer checked on Bryant at least five times in less than four hours, three…
Kardashian
May 31, 2019
Kim Kardashian spoke with a convicted murderer sitting on death row in San Quentin prison in an effort to get…
Keisha Lance Bottomsm thegrio.com
May 29, 2019
On Tuesday morning, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms officially signed legislation to close the Atlanta City Detention Center, after a…
May 25, 2019
Michael Thompson is serving a 40-to-60 year sentence at Muskegon Correctional Facility in Michigan for a crime, weed, that is…
prison thegrio.com
May 24, 2019
Brittany K. Barnett and MiAngel Cody are warrior attorneys with a mission: freeing drug offenders serving life in a federal…
May 24, 2019
A North Carolina man who once was on death row and then served more than 40 years in prison for…
May 21, 2019
A small group of inmates, disproportionately black, are set to stay in Washington state prisons for life — left out…
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…
Kim Kardashian thegrio.com
May 8, 2019
Now that word has spread that the reality star is helping low-level drug offenders win release from prison, she's reportedly…
Kim Kardashian West
April 16, 2019
Kim Kardashian West gets many accusations of being a culture vulture. But she's also actually been doing something tangible to…
prison thegrio.com
March 20, 2019
Amy Klobuchar defends her statement about her role in decreasing the number of incarcerated Black people by 65% while serving…
ALex Beresford thegrio.com
March 8, 2019
A weatherman in the United Kingdom is drawing international attention after interrupting a morning interview to shutdown talk of building…
January 7, 2019
Governor Bill Haslam has granted executive clemency to Cyntoia Brown by commuting her life sentence.
For Walter "Earlonne" Woods, the path to freedom was podcasting. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) thegrio.com
January 2, 2019
 In California, inmates typically are granted parole by doing good deeds or showing they have been rehabilitated by becoming pastors,…
December 19, 2018
CNN commentator Van Jones, credits Kim Kardashian with getting the prison reform bill First Step Act by an 87-12 vote…