7 posts in ‘law and policy’
Resource-strapped public defenders can usually only provide direct client services. Meanwhile, police and prosecutors get to lobby for legislative changes. In Illinois, we are upending that status quo.
States have restricted, surveilled, and punished prison journalism for decades, with dire consequences—for incarcerated people and for democracy.
Crimes committed because of financial hardship are a form of labor and should not be subject to criminal legal punishment.
Restorative justice seeks to address the root causes of violence—while also doing the work of healing the grief caused by it.
Should advocates looking to unwind our nation’s punitive excesses engage a Supreme Court that set them in motion?
It's high time we reconsider the power and promise of hunger strikes — without denying the tactic’s radical, disruptive, and self-violent character.
Here's how imprisoned writers can offer reasoned analysis on policies affecting the carceral state.