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While state officials blamed the result on a volatile market, a group of activists and impact investors had urged buyers…
America’s first penitentiary was established in Philadelphia in 1790, and it contained the nation’s first solitary confinement cells.
Harvard research shows that dark complexioned Blacks are have a higher likelihood of being imprisoned and explores why through a…
Public Advocate Letitia James said if plans to shutter Rikers Island do in fact go through, the prison should be…
On Friday during a City Hall news conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed that he would shut down Riker's Island.
It’s been eighteen months since Remy Ma finished up her eight-year prison sentence, and while she’s excited to get back
Nick Cannon is taking a full course load at Howard University, including one class that meets every Thursday at the…
Jay Z is bringing the story of a young man who spent three years in prison without being convicted of…
Ava DuVernay's documentary, 13th, is set to premiere at the New York Film Festival, and ahead of its release, Netflix…
theGrio REPORT - Apparently in the South Carolina prison system, accessing Facebook is a serious offense - as serious as…
BAY AREA - Organizers who say California prisoners are "tortured" in solitary confinement are planning a rally Monday to show…
theGRIO REPORT- Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal came up with a plan to have probationers fill the void left by immigrant…