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Maryland Del. Jazz Lewis (right) speaks with criminal justice advocates on March 12 before he and Del. Wanika Fisher present their sponsored legislation to limit and ban the use of solitary confinement in state jails and prisons. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Politics, William J. Ford

Md. Chambers Pass Bills on Solitary Confinement, But Must Reach Consensus

by William J. Ford March 13, 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

Nicole Hanson (at podium), executive director of Out For Justice, speaks alongside state lawmakers, criminal justice advocates and returning citizens at a Feb. 21 press conference in Annapolis to support proposed legislation to open a women's pre-release center. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Community, William J. Ford

Lawmakers, Advocates Push for Pre-Release Center for Women

by William J. Ford February 23, 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

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Black Experience, National, Stacy M. Brown

U.S. is World’s Largest Jailer: Report

by Stacy M. Brown January 9, 2019October 31, 2020

President Donald Trump makes an announcement regarding the First Step Act prison reform bill in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Nov. 14, 2018. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Marc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: First Step Act the Most Important Federal Criminal Justice Reform in Decades

by WI Guest Author December 26, 2018October 31, 2020

Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby Counsels Inmates, Officers on Health

by WI Guest Author November 26, 2018October 31, 2020

**FILE** Yango Sawyer uses a bullhorn to speak to returning citizens gathered for a protest at the City Paper headquarters in northwest D.C. on Oct. 16. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Returning Citizens Issues at Forefront of D.C. Council Race

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. October 31, 2018October 31, 2020

Marc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: Jobs Program Taps into Potential of Formerly Incarcerated

by WI Guest Author October 17, 2018October 31, 2020

Dennis Derrico

Michigan Returning Citizen Serves as Example for Other Black Men

by WI Guest Author July 31, 2018October 31, 2020