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Tag: U.S. Prison Reform

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Posted inBlack Experience, National, Stacy M. Brown

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

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

Sixty-three percent of African Americans said they have an immediate family member who’s been in jail or prison, according to a new report that further underscores the need for meaningful criminal justice reform.

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Posted inNational

Black Inmates Join National Prison Strike

by WI Guest Author August 27, 2018October 31, 2020
Courtesy of JOTF
Posted inEditorial

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
Posted inNational

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)
Posted inCommunity

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

by Lauren M. Poteat January 10, 2018October 31, 2020
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Posted inCommunity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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