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How the Prison Industry Became a Booming Business
CoreCivic’s CEO called the Trump administration “one of the most exciting periods” of his career.
By Bianca Tylek
I Was an Incarcerated Firefighter. Here’s What I Want People to Know.
California recently voted to preserve forced prison labor.
By Amika Mota
In This Debate Club, Incarcerated Students Challenge Ivy Leaguers
Inside the Rikers Debate Project.
By Eva Fedderly
I Should Have the Right to Hug My Incarcerated Dad
The jail my dad is in got rid of in-person visits years ago.
By Maggie McDonald
I’m Going Into Criminal Law Because My Dad Is In Prison
My dad has been incarcerated since I was 1 year old.
By Charlotte West
Many Teen Girls in Prison Have No Idea How Their Body Works
The girls I’ve met inside don’t know about their period, or how people get pregnant.
By Kwaneta Harris
I Was Given a Life Sentence at 16 — Art Helps Me Survive
Drawing gives me a reason to wake up every morning.
By Juan Hernandez
What Copaganda Is and Why It’s So Dangerous
Civil rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis explains.
By Patrick Darrington
What It’s Like to Give Birth While in Jail
"We cannot train or reform our way out of the systemic cruelty" of mass incarceration.
By Amy Growcock and Krish Gundu
So Many People Are in Jail Because They Can't Afford Bail
Five law students explain what’s wrong with pretrial detention.
By Alicia Virani and Bahar Mirhosseni
New Mexico Has Lost Track of Juvenile Prisoners Locked Up for Life
“We are, quite literally, missing children.”
By Eli Hager, ProPublica
Before My Incarceration, I Was Just a Depressed College Student
Many women like me share similar experiences of abuse and childhood abandonment.
By Asia Johnson
A Notorious Prison Is Holding Teens on Its Former Death Row
Louisiana’s Angola prison is a former plantation.
By Yasmin Cader
There’s No Such Thing As a Feminist Jail
Building “humane” jails will still result in “more cages for human beings.”
By Mon M.
Teens Often Have No Legal Representation in Juvenile Court
Despite a 1967 Supreme Court ruling that secures this fundamental right.
By HyeJi Kim
We’re Going to See Way More Prosecutions of Pregnant People
Here’s how we prepare for that reality.
By Emily Galvin Almanza
Police Are Ticketing Students for Vaping, Littering and Profanity
Police are issuing costly tickets to thousands of students a year.
By Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune
How ‘Law & Order’ Shaped Our Views of Policing
We’ve been taught to root for the police and the prosecutor.
By Olayemi Olurin
In California, Incarcerated Teenagers Help Fight Wildfires
"You’re put in danger every time you’re on the fire line.”
By Sara Tardiff
How ‘Survival Crimes’ Land Young People in Jail
Jocelyn Mati resorted to stealing food “because my parents couldn’t provide.”
By Jacqui Germain