This Bill Could Save the Lives of Formerly Incarcerated People

OPINION MICHELLE COTTLE – New York Times 12-20-21 Credit…Illustration by The New York Times; photographs by Bettmann and johnnyscriv, via Getty Images By Michelle Cottle Ms. Cottle is a member of the editorial board. Each year, more than 650,000 people are...

Life Without Parole Is Replacing the Death Penalty — But the Legal Defense System Hasn’t Kept Up

Originally published in the Marshall Project on 5-22-2021 FEATURE Life Without Parole Is Replacing the Death Penalty — But the Legal Defense System Hasn’t Kept Up Just ask a Dallas woman who spent a year in jail without talking to a lawyer. JUAN BERNABEU FOR THE...

When It Costs $53,000 to Vote

Originally published in the New York Times Magazine Twenty years ago, Judy Bolden served 18 months in a Florida prison. She has been free ever since, but she is still barred from voting by the state until she pays all court fines and fees associated with her...

Long-Term Incareration: the men and women who have been locked away for more than a quarter century in California’s prison system.

Long-Term Incareration: the men and women who have been locked away for more than a quarter century in California’s prison system. Originally published in Elephant Journal by Michael Brodheim 4   8.1k January 29, 2018 It’s Time to Reconsider the Practice of...

For the poorest people in prison, it’s a struggle to access even basic necessities

Our survey of all 50 states and the BOP reveals that prisons make it hard for people to qualify as indigent—and even those who do qualify receive limited resources. For the poorest people in prison, it’s a struggle to access even basic necessities Our survey of all 50...