The Attica uprising marked a milestone in the prisoners’ rights movement. Many of the grievances aired in 1971 are still relevant to today’s incarcerated population.
While prison may isolate people from the larger community, it does not isolate them from COVID-19.
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New research shows correctional officers are vectors of infection, driving COVID-19 rates both inside prisons and in their communities.
Youth in New Mexico used their own experiences with arrest and incarceration to advocate for others.
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A youth group gives juvenile offenders a chance to advocate for change in the justice system.
Research shows providing a college education to inmates increases their chances of finding work upon release.
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Formerly incarcerated Americans face food insecurity rates double that of the general population. A 1996 law that prohibits drug felons from getting crucial benefits may be partially to blame.
A Texas woman shows a picture of her 21-year-old son, who has been incarcerated during the pandemic.
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For the 6.5 million Americans who have an incarcerated family member, COVID-19 has made an already stressful situation much worse by drastically limiting communication and raising fears of death.
Christopher Havens is a prison inmate serving time for murder. He’s also a mathematics whiz who’s advocating for more math in prison as a way to improve the chances of prisoners after release.
Even though a House majority voted to impeach, President Trump, the process will likely not be finished before he’s left office. A philosopher argues why the impeachment is an important moral action.
William King circa 1890.
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Violence in the criminal-justice system isn’t limited to police. It’s time to pay more attention to violent deaths within state prisons.
Throughout the course of history, it’s usually been politics — not compassion — that’s resulted in prison releases of the type we’ve seen during COVID-19.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity to think critically about the place of prisons in society and how and why prisoners have been released in the past. COVID-19 could spark systemic change.
These women were released from an Oklahoma prison in 2019.
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In a system that treats people as objects to be counted, chained, searched and assigned a number, art is a way for prisoners to reassert their agency – and reclaim their lives.
Knowing the truth about one’s origins is crucial to identity formation, according to adoption experts.
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Experts recommend adopted children be told about their origins, no matter how difficult the circumstances, but doing so is tricky for adoptive parents.
In this March 2011 photo, a security fence surrounds inmate housing on the Rikers Island correctional facility in New York.
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Incarcerated Americans have been tasked with washing hospital laundry, manufacturing protective equipment, disinfecting cleaning supplies and digging mass graves.
People wearing protective masks leave the Cook County jail complex in Chicago, Illinois.
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Half of incarcerated individuals have either a chronic medical or a mental health condition. But social distancing and rigorous hygiene are unattainable for many US jails and prisons.
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