Moving Beyond the Snake Pit

How prisons became the de facto “treatment” center for those with mental illness.

By Nancy Tomes

Summer 2018, No. 49 – 14 MIN READ

Mass Incarceration Is a Local Affair

And it is there that we will have to defeat it, no matter who may occupy the Oval Office.

By John Pfaff

August 1, 2017, 4:18 pm – 7 MIN READ

Jeff Sessions Just Doesn’t Care

The motivation behind Sessions's minimum sentencing policy is simply punishment for punishment's sake.

By Roy L. Austin, Jr. Myesha K. Braden

May 17, 2017, 1:17 pm – 4 MIN READ

A Prison Education

The need for education inside our justice system is real. Thankfully, a prison writing program in South Florida is leading the way.

By Kathie Klarreich

January 18, 2017, 3:05 pm – 6 MIN READ