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Tag: prison reform

Posted inPrison Reform

When Your Abuser Has the Key to Your Cell 

by The Sacramento Observer September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

Survivors share their stories about abuse by staff at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla.

Posted inPrison Reform

Activists Call Attention to In-Custody Deaths, Jail Conditions

by The Sacramento Observer September 19, 2023September 19, 2023
Posted inPrison Reform

Dems Introduce Bill to Eradicate Solitary Confinement

by The Washington Informer September 6, 2023September 6, 2023
Posted inPolitics

Supreme Court Ruling Presents Challenges for Innocent Federal Prisoners

by The Washington Informer June 26, 2023June 27, 2023
Posted inSocial Justice

The Fight for Liberation: Modern Abolitionists Seek to End Police and Prisons

by New York Amsterdam News June 16, 2023June 16, 2023
Posted inPrison Reform

Black Women Feel the Brunt of America’s Mass Incarceration

by The Washington Informer April 11, 2023April 14, 2023
Posted inSocial Justice

The Sentencing Project Launches Education Campaign on Mass Incarceration

by The Washington Informer February 22, 2023March 6, 2023
Posted inSocial Justice

Closing Rikers: 18th Jail Death Leads to 18-hour Protest

by New York Amsterdam News November 14, 2022November 14, 2022
Posted inPrison Reform

Report Finds Nearly 1,000 Prison Deaths Went Unreported by the Government

by The Sacramento Observer September 27, 2022September 28, 2022
Posted inSocial Justice

Advocates, COs Weigh in on the Solitary Ban Argument

by New York Amsterdam News September 22, 2022September 22, 2022

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