Thanks to bipartisan efforts, the number of incarcerated Americans has shrunk dramatically. The next step for reform is to treat inmates more humanely.
prisons
Posted inPolitical Animal
During a Pandemic, There Is No Such Thing as ‘Us’ vs ‘Them’
In order to be safe, we have to improve conditions for the most marginalized people in our communities.
Posted inEducation, Featured, Political Animal
Why Prison Should Include a College Education
A new documentary shows the benefit to both the inmates and to society.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Is It Any Wonder That Everyone Hates Congress?
The way the House of Representatives went about passing the Community Safety and Security Act of 2018 serves as a case study for why Congress has such low approval numbers.
Posted inEconomy, Featured
Honey, I Shrunk the Recidivism Rate
A social enterprise on Chicago’s west side puts the formerly incarcerated back to work as beekeepers and honey harvesters.
Posted inFeatured, June/July/August 2017, Magazine
Code of Silence
How private companies hide flaws in the software that governments use to decide who goes to prison and who gets out.
Posted inPolitical Animal
DeVos Is Set to Reinvigorate the School-to-Prison Pipeline
This is part of the Trump administration’s broader criminalization of black and brown bodies.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
Divided We Learn: Swarthmore’s President on What It Means to be Poor, Black and in Prison
Addressing justice — and injustice
Posted inPolitical Animal
Criminal Justice Reform From the Ground Up
George Soros has quietly been trying to overhaul the justice system.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2016
How Do You Get Ideologues to Change Their Minds?
The answer can be found in the conservative movement’s turn against mass incarceration.
