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Most Former Felons Don't Get the Second Chance That Trump Is Getting Jan. 17, 2025
Does America value second chances? Looking at presidential election results, you'd think yes. Donald... Read More
Incarceration Should Not Be a Death Sentence for Individuals Who Use Opioids Dec. 02, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The opioid epidemic has gripped communities for more than 20 years. From 1999 to 2022, nearly 727,00... Read More
Diddy Sits in Jail Pending Trial Oct. 01, 2024
Why is Sean "Diddy" Combs in jail? He hasn't been convicted of a crime. He was charged by the U.S. A... Read More
The Painful Reality of Being an Incarcerated Mother May. 13, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Many of us celebrated Mother's Day over the weekend by remembering or being present with women who r... Read More
Maryland's New Criminal Enterprise Sep. 28, 2023
In our criminal justice system, we frequently confront the question of how severely we should punish... Read More
The Deadly and Tragic Costs of Pretrial Detention Sep. 18, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Lashawn Thompson died late last year while being detained pretrial in Atlanta's Fulton County jail. ... Read More
Jailing Parents for Kids' School Absences Is Counterproductive and Wrong Aug. 24, 2023
As most jurisdictions in America are fundamentally rethinking the nation's long, troubling history o... Read More
Idaho Wants To Jail Professors for Teaching About Abortion Aug. 14, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
At Idaho's public universities, professors who teach, discuss or write about abortion may now face u... Read More
Money Shouldn't Determine Whether Defendants Wait for Trial in Jail or at Home Jul. 20, 2023
On Sept. 18, Illinois will become the first state in America to abolish the practice of automaticall... Read More
For Defendants Who Cross Paths with Kim Gardner, It's Hurry Up and Wait for Trial Apr. 14, 2023
Multiple cases have come to public attention in St. Louis where criminal suspects have had to wait n... Read More
Yesterday's Prisons Are Today's Destinations Jan. 21, 2023
By Victor Block People entering the red-turreted building with barred windows pass by members of a c... Read More
Allowing Prisoners to Vote: Let's Think This Through Jun. 11, 2022
In 2019, then-presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders said he wanted to give all prisoners the ri... Read More
Classic Ann Landers Aug. 29, 2021
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to pub... Read More
The Death Penalty Remains the Strongest Deterrent to Violent Crime May. 27, 2021
In recent years, many states have moved away from lethal injections for those on death row, and some... Read More
Private Prisons Are No Place for Biden to Be Housing Captured Immigrants Apr. 27, 2021
An immigration surge at the southern border has exploded into a full-blown crisis for President Joe ... Read More
Society Pays a High Price When Prosecutors Fail to Punish Crime Apr. 01, 2021
Imagine a society where prostitutes could solicit johns for sex just yards from police officers who ... Read More
Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders Pretends Prisoners Are Patients: The Practice Evades Constitutional Constraints by Casting Punishment and Preventive Detention As Treatment Feb. 10, 2021
"It was my understanding that I was to do the treatment, then be released," says Mike Whipple, who r... Read More
No Social Security in Prison Feb. 03, 2021
I was recently going through some old family photo albums with my grandkids. One album covered the r... Read More
Get Ready for Fights Over Criminal Justice Reform Jan. 23, 2021
In the brand-new year ahead, get ready for some brand-new moves to change the nation's criminal just... Read More
The Pandemic's Hidden Victims Dec. 19, 2020
No two ways about it. This has been a lousy year. In so many ways, our lives have been upended and, ... Read More
