Guards at the Adelanto Detention Center responded to asylum seekers’ hunger strike with violence and pepper spray.
Incarceration
Posted inEducation in America
Mass Incarceration and the Achievement Gap
The impact of imprisoned parents on children shows how criminal justice policy is education policy.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
How Jeff Sessions Is Laying the Groundwork for Authoritarian Action
The attorney general is courting law enforcement by reducing accountability and renewing a war on people of color.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Fight for 15 and Black Lives Matter Join Forces on Anniversary of MLK’s Death
Forty-nine years after King was assassinated, the left’s organizing vanguards seek to continue his work.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Poverty’s Punishment: America’s Oppressive Bail Regime
Bail systems across the country continue to function as another way the criminal justice system exacerbates poverty and racial inequality.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Will Black Lives Matter to the Supreme Court?
Three cases provide cues on how the Court may handle race and criminal justice questions that are roiling the country.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Recreational Marijuana Ballot Measures Usher In Next Phase in Drug War
With five states poised to vote on legalizing pot, millennials and minority groups are key voting blocs.
Posted inLaw and Justice
High Court Hears Case Challenging Discriminatory Testimony
A case now being argued before the Supreme Court challenges the constitutionality of supposedly “expert” testimony claiming that race can determine a criminal’s danger to society.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Violence, Mass Incarceration, and the Myth of Monstrosity
To achieve true criminal justice reform, we must first confront the violence in our country’s past and present.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Korryn Gaines and the Criminalization of Disabilities
A new study released in July asserts that the criminal justice system discriminates against people with mental disabilities.