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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)

The Sentencing Project Launches Education Campaign on Mass Incarceration

by Stacy M. Brown February 22, 2023February 23, 2023

Over five million people are under criminal legal supervision in America, and nearly two million — disproportionately Black — live in prisons and jails.

D.C. Jail (Courtesy of dc.gov)

Advocacy Group Praises D.C. Council for Criminal Code Update

by WI Web Staff November 2, 2022November 2, 2022

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Locked Out: Millions of Voters Are Disenfranchised Ahead of Midterm Elections

by Stacy M. Brown October 25, 2022October 25, 2022

Increasingly, officials recognize that establishing a polling location will improve voter access and turnout far better than jail-based absentee voting initiatives. (Courtesy of The Sentencing Project)

Sentencing Project Report Seeks to ‘Unlock the Vote’ in America’s Jails

by Stacy M. Brown August 3, 2022August 4, 2022

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New Report Challenges Myth of Youth-Led Pandemic Crime Wave

by Stacy M. Brown June 14, 2022June 14, 2022

In a report titled “Too Many Locked Doors,” youth of color encounter police more often than their white peers and are disproportionately arrested despite modest differences in behavior that cannot explain the extent of arrest disparities. (The Sentencing Project)

Black, Latinx Youth Locked Up More Than Their White Peers

by Stacy M. Brown March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

Pamela Smith Served Her Time for Check and Credit Card Fraud

by Stacy M. Brown June 30, 2021December 21, 2021

Community, Election 2022, William J. Ford

Felony Convictions Remain Hurdles to Voting for Incarcerated and Returning Citizens

by William J. Ford October 21, 2020

Members of the Maryland Board of Elections and other officials during a virtual meeting on Aug. 28

Community, William J. Ford

Efforts Intensify for Incarcerated Citizens’ Right to Vote

by William J. Ford September 2, 2020December 21, 2021

Courtesy of Trice Edney News Wire

Black Experience

Congress Moves to Help Inmates in Federal Prisons But Not in Predominately Black State Prisons

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