Four formerly incarcerated women reflect on the abuse they suffered by correctional officers. The Adult Survivors Act offers them a chance for justice
Rampant, unaddressed drug use in prison kills what little hope there is to restore already vulnerable populations
Incarceration causes total and absolute loss—it is the absence of freedoms that compound punishment. Prison is the ultimate deprivation
Incarcerated laborers are often left out of workers’ rights efforts, but they are vastly underpaid, underprotected, and unable to save for a life beyond bars
For many incarcerated people, access to already limited rehabilitative and educational prison programs can be arbitrarily revoked by officers
The Adult Survivors Act has brought to light the stories of formerly and currently incarcerated women who faced sexual abuse at the hands of authorities in New York State prisons
The Department of Public Advocacy regularly submits a proposal to reduce Kentucky’s draconian sentencing guidelines to no avail. I still hold out hope for change
Counties across California didn’t do a sufficient job of investing in alternatives to incarceration ahead of the June 30 closure
Noni Battiste-Kosoko was being held on misdemeanor charges in Atlanta, Georgia’s notorious Fulton County Jail
In my early days of imprisonment, I learned that pain was inevitable. An acorn must endure much before it becomes an oak
Every incarcerated person fears being out of sight and out of mind. Letters, phone calls, and visits are a vital support system
If prisons acknowledged LGBTQIA+ issues, they’d have to acknowledge that incarcerated people are still fully human. Maybe that’s exactly what they’re afraid of
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