Years of unrest at a Tacoma detention facility finally forced state and local officials to take action.
Incarceration
Posted inLaw and Justice
Biden Administration ICE Contracts Encourage Forced Labor
A contract signed in April with the detention facility in Port Isabel, Texas, continues $1-a-day wages for those detained.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Silicon Valley Firm Powers Predatory Prison Video Calls
Twilio has earned a progressive reputation for its explicit anti-racism and good corporate citizenship. But it sells video calling services to a prison telecom vendor that faces scrutiny for predatory pricing.
Posted inLaw and Justice
In Small Black Southern Towns, the Cops Remain Undaunted
Even those governed by Black elected officials have been reluctant to cut the force and increase social services.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
North Carolina Botched an Emergency Re-entry Program for Returning Citizens
A re-entry program that quarantined people with possible COVID-19 exposure endangered their lives and reproduced the prison conditions they left behind.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Physical Mail Could Be Eliminated at Federal Prisons
A pilot program initiated under Trump converts mail to electronic scans. Biden hasn’t reversed it, and critics call it abusive and harmful to inmates and families.
Posted inFirst 100
Biden’s Executive Actions Just Scratch the Surface
Implementing Congressional laws is massively important to make progress, and Biden has the ability to go further.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Views They Cannot See
The Photo Requests From Solitary project, and its installation at Eastern State Penitentiary, puts a human face on prison policy.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Deported Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Fear for Their Lives
Those sent back to Cameroon on October 13 had their papers confiscated, and at least two have been arrested.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Difficult Road to the Franchise in Florida
Returning citizens who want their voting rights reinstated face expensive, time-consuming hurdles. Two men tell their stories.