Reforming Sheriffs
Electing progressive sheriffs only goes so far toward curbing the structural forces that sustain mass incarceration.
10 posts in ‘jail incarceration’
Electing progressive sheriffs only goes so far toward curbing the structural forces that sustain mass incarceration.
Jails are everywhere, trapping people and resources belonging to communities. And everywhere, there are organizers contesting that reality.
Anti-jail organizers scored important wins in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. But their fight isn’t over.
In Atlanta politicians are pushing for a bigger jail they claim will be more humane. But health-care workers are pushing back.
For the scores of people who have suffered on Rikers Island, their experiences, and scars, of living through it remain long after release.
Incarceration ahead of trial is fundamentally unjust—a form of punishment that makes it virtually impossible to fight for your freedom.
Based on 'Goodnight Moon', the 1947 bedtime classic by Margaret Wise Brown.
Urgent action in our nation’s jails and prisons can prevent the kind of mass suffering seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Orleans’ newest jailer won’t get us out of our crisis of mass incarceration. But her election still matters as we build a safer, healthier community.
People in counties with higher jail populations are getting sicker and dying younger. The data shows that mass incarceration is playing a role.