• About
  • Events
  • Contact Us
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Community
    • Prince George’s County
    • National
    • Politics
    • Education
      • Local
    • World
      • International
      • AfricaNow
    • Press Room
  • Business
    • JPMorgan Chase, Money Talk
    • Personal Finance
      • Homeownership
    • Local Business
    • Technology
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts & Theater
    • Entertainment
    • Books
    • Food
    • Fashion
    • Faith & Religion
      • Faith
      • Religion
    • Cars & Travel
      • Cars
      • Travel
    • Health
      • The Caregivers
      • Protect the Memories
      • Coronavirus
  • Sports
    • HBCU Sports
    • Local Sports
    • Pro Sports
  • Opinion
    • WIN-TV
    • Op-Ed
    • Columnists
      • Stacy M. Brown
      • Lauren Victoria Burke
      • Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
      • James Clingman
      • Austin R. Cooper Jr.
      • Charlene Crowell
      • Marian Wright Edelman
      • Bill Fletcher Jr.
      • William J. Ford
      • Lyndia Grant
      • Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
      • Raynard Jackson
      • George Lambert
      • Shevry Lassiter
      • Julianne Malveaux
      • Marc Morial
      • Askia Muhammad
    • Editor’s Column
    • Editorial
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Viewpoints
    • Blogs
    • Cartoons
  • Media
    • Video
    • Photo Galleries
  • WI Bridge
  • PDF Editions
    • Weekly E-Editions
    • Special Editions
      • Supplements
  • Our House DC
    • Our House First Time Home Buyer’s Series
  • Money Talk
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
Skip to content
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
The Washington Informer

The Washington Informer

Black News, Commentary and Culture | The Washington Informer

  • About
  • Events
  • Contact Us
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Community
    • Prince George’s County
    • National
    • Politics
    • Education
      • Local
    • World
      • International
      • AfricaNow
    • Press Room
  • Business
    • JPMorgan Chase, Money Talk
    • Personal Finance
      • Homeownership
    • Local Business
    • Technology
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts & Theater
    • Entertainment
    • Books
    • Food
    • Fashion
    • Faith & Religion
      • Faith
      • Religion
    • Cars & Travel
      • Cars
      • Travel
    • Health
      • The Caregivers
      • Protect the Memories
      • Coronavirus
  • Sports
    • HBCU Sports
    • Local Sports
    • Pro Sports
  • Opinion
    • WIN-TV
    • Op-Ed
    • Columnists
      • Stacy M. Brown
      • Lauren Victoria Burke
      • Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
      • James Clingman
      • Austin R. Cooper Jr.
      • Charlene Crowell
      • Marian Wright Edelman
      • Bill Fletcher Jr.
      • William J. Ford
      • Lyndia Grant
      • Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
      • Raynard Jackson
      • George Lambert
      • Shevry Lassiter
      • Julianne Malveaux
      • Marc Morial
      • Askia Muhammad
    • Editor’s Column
    • Editorial
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Viewpoints
    • Blogs
    • Cartoons
  • Media
    • Video
    • Photo Galleries
  • WI Bridge
  • PDF Editions
    • Weekly E-Editions
    • Special Editions
      • Supplements
  • Our House DC
    • Our House First Time Home Buyer’s Series
  • Money Talk

Tag: mass incarceration

Tony Lewis Sr. (left) and his son Tony Jr. pose for a photo. After serving more than 30 years in prison and his son’s longtime fight to reverse his life sentence, Tony Sr. is now free. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inCommunity

Tony Lewis Sr. Free After Decades Incarcerated

Micha Green photo by Micha Green March 20, 2023March 20, 2023

After serving more than three decades incarcerated for a nonviolent drug offense, on the first day of the spring equinox, Tony Lewis Sr. will get to smell the cherry blossoms as a free man.

The Sentencing Project and a coalition of advocates, professionals, and allies have launched 50 Years and a Wake Up: Ending the Mass Incarceration Crisis in America, a public education campaign. (Bart Everson/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inNational

The Sentencing Project Launches Education Campaign on Mass Incarceration

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown February 22, 2023February 23, 2023
Posted inPrince George's County, William J. Ford

Police Reform Rally Planned in Forestville

Avatar photo by William J. Ford October 14, 2020December 21, 2021
iStockPhoto/NNPA
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

WOSS: Restoring Education to Abolish Modern Slavery

by WI Guest Author March 17, 2020December 21, 2021
Courtesy of The Marshall Project/PBS via NNPA Newswire
Posted inBlack Experience, National

Mass Incarceration of Women and Minorities a New Crisis

by WI Guest Author May 6, 2019December 21, 2021
The D.C. headquarters for the American Bar Association (Courtesy photo)
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Law Groups to Hold Forum on Mass Incarceration

by Lauren M. Poteat January 10, 2018October 31, 2020
African Americans account for 25 percent of the 12 million jail admissions every year. (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

MONROE: Hundreds Rallied for Meek Mill, But What About the Rest?

by WI Guest Author December 6, 2017October 31, 2020
Posted inNational

Justice After Injustice

by Washington Informer September 30, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inNational

Black Lives Matter: National Town Hall Held at Congressional Black Caucus

by Washington Informer September 29, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inPolitics

Documentary Featuring Obama Prison Visit Debuts in Oklahoma

by Washington Informer September 24, 2015October 30, 2020

Posts navigation

1 2 3 … 5 Older posts

CURRENT NEWSPAPER

VISIT THE WASHINGTON INFORMER CHARITIES


The Washington Informer
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

About the Informer

We proudly serve the African-American community — families, neighborhoods, businesses, people of faith and more — in the DMV. Learn more about how we serve you.
See the Print Edition Online
Sign up for The Daily Newsletter

Learn More

  • About Us
  • Newsletters
  • Membership
  • Print Subscriptions
  • Donate
  • Contact Us

Sections

  • News
  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Lifestyle

Products

  • Digital Editions
  • WIN-TV
  • WI Bridge
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Circulation
© 2023 Washington Informer Newspaper. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic