U.S. Prison Reform Archives - The Washington Informer

Two-thirds of young individuals sentenced to life without parole were Black, underscoring the disproportionate impact of extreme sentences on Black Americans. (Courtesy of the Annie E. Casey Foundation)

Disturbing Trend Reveals Young Adults Sentenced to Life Without Parole

by Stacy M. Brown June 15, 2023June 14, 2023

A newly released report by The Sentencing Project brings to light the plight of emerging adults aged 25 and younger sentenced to life without parole in the United States.

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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

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Black Inmates Join National Prison Strike

by WI Guest Author August 27, 2018October 31, 2020

Courtesy of JOTF

EDITORIAL: Judicial System’s Legacy of Cash Bonds Must End for the Poor to Realize Justice

by WI Guest Author April 4, 2018October 31, 2020

Cory Booker

The Atlantic Hosts Forum on Prison Reform

by WI Guest Author February 28, 2018October 31, 2020

The D.C. headquarters for the American Bar Association (Courtesy photo)

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

by Lauren M. Poteat January 10, 2018October 31, 2020

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Norton Seeks Changes in Rules for D.C. Inmates, Families

by Stacy M. Brown October 18, 2017October 31, 2020

EDITORIAL: Prisoners are Humans Too — Let’s Treat Them That Way

by WI Guest Author October 18, 2017October 31, 2020

Boy Denied Kidney Transplant Because of Father’s Criminal Record, Family Claims

by WI Guest Author October 17, 2017October 31, 2020