Tag: Mass Incarceration
The nation is missing millions of voters due to lack of...
Kevin B. Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
If you gathered every American with a prison record into one contiguous territory...
Many more older people are leaving prison and face unmet needs...
Angela S. Murolo, St. Francis College and Lena M. Campagna, Caldwell University
American prisons are rapidly graying.
Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court: 7 questions...
Alexis Karteron, Rutgers University - Newark
President Joe Biden made good on his promise to nominate the first Black...
On 50th anniversary of Attica uprising, 4 essential reads on prisoners’...
Matt Williams, The Conversation
On Sept. 9, 1971, nearly 1,300 incarcerated men at Attica Correctional Facility in New York...
Legalizing marijuana, once a pipe dream on Capitol Hill, takes an...
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, University of Southern California
In early December, the House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or the MORE...
Congress lifts long-standing ban on Pell grants to people in prison
Andrea Cantora, University of Baltimore
When Congress decided in 1994 to ban federal student aid for people behind bars, it was part of a wider...
Being convicted of a crime has thousands of consequences besides incarceration...
Cynthia A. Golembeski, Rutgers University Newark
At least 77 million U.S. adults have criminal records, including nearly 7 million currently in prison or jail...
How being ‘tough on crime’ became a political liability
Jody D. Armour, University of Southern California
Kamala Harris recently dropped out of the presidential race after months of attacks from the left for her...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
