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Kenyan McDuffie

D.C. Council Seeks to Give Ex-Felons a ‘Clean Slate’

by Stacy M. Brown July 17, 2019December 21, 2021

Courtesy of The Decarceration Collective via NNPA Newswire

‘Black Girl Magic’: Black Women Lawyers Freed 17 Inmates Serving Life Sentences, Receive Financing Assistance from Kim Kardashian

by WI Guest Author May 20, 2019December 21, 2021

Now, 32 years old, having been incarcerated for 15 years, Juan Rayford Jr. remains in a San Diego-area prison with freedom now his primary dream. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Black Experience, National, Stacy M. Brown

Black Teens Serving 11 Life Sentences in Crime Where No One Was Hurt

by WI Guest Author May 3, 2019December 21, 2021

iStockphoto via NNPA Newswire

Black Men Still Incarcerated at Disproportionate Levels

by WI Guest Author April 29, 2019December 21, 2021

Courtesy of Trice Edney News Wire

Former Prisoners Face Tough Journey Home to Find Work, Reunite with Family

by WI Guest Author March 25, 2019October 31, 2020

Tony Lewis Jr., the DC Ambassador for the Day of Empathy (Courtesy photo)

Hundreds Stand with the Incarcerated

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. March 6, 2019October 31, 2020

Courtesy of NNPA Newswire

National, Stacy M. Brown

Petition Seeks to End Practice of Charge Stacking

by WI Guest Author February 26, 2019October 31, 2020

Maryland Delegates Erek Barron (left) and Darryl Barnes testify on a partial expungement bill for non-conviction offenses before the House of Delegates' Judiciary Committee in Annapolis on Jan. 22. Barron is the sponsor of the legislation. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Politics, William J. Ford

Partial Expungement Bill Dissected in Annapolis

by William J. Ford January 22, 2019October 31, 2020

BROWN: Helping Former Inmates Transition to Life Outside Prison is Key to Criminal Justice Reform

by WI Guest Author January 14, 2019October 31, 2020

Cyntoia Brown

Black Experience, National

Cyntoia Brown on Clemency: ‘The Lord Has Held My Hand This Whole Time’

by WI Guest Author January 11, 2019October 31, 2020