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Coronavirus
April 6, 2020
A New Tactic To Fight Coronavirus: Send The Homeless From Jails To Hotels
California and New York City are booking hotels so homeless people released from jail don’t accelerate the pandemic.
By
Abbie VanSickle
Commentary
January 24, 2017
What We Can Learn from the Amazing Drop in Juvenile Incarceration
Lesson One: Don’t make policies when emotions are running high.
Ashley Nellis
and
Marc Mauer
Looking Back
July 8, 2016
Bill Clinton’s Dissident
On criminal justice, Abner Mikva was about 20 years early.
By
Ken Armstrong
Analysis
December 16, 2016
Why Congress May Bring Criminal Justice Reform Back to Life
Four reasons a bipartisan bill has a better chance than you think
By
Bill Keller
Coronavirus
March 31, 2020
Why Jails Are So Important in the Fight Against Coronavirus
With about 200,000 people flowing into and out of jails every week, there are great risks not only for the detained, but also for jail workers and surrounding communities.
By
Anna Flagg
and
Joseph Neff
News
November 19, 2015
The Unfolding Campaign to Save the Death Penalty
Supporters rally around a more efficient system of execution.
By
Maurice Chammah
Coronavirus
May 6, 2020
A Dangerous Limbo: Probation and Parole in the Time of COVID-19
Closed courts, faulty technology and delays in post-release programs are among a range of barriers keeping a population prime for release behind bars.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
News
February 25, 2015
American Sniper
A trial in Texas tests the limits of America’s sympathy for war-damaged vets.
By
Maurice Chammah
Feature
February 6, 2015
Start Me Up
Is entrepreneurship the way from prison to prosperity?
By
Eli Hager
Commentary
June 22, 2015
Kalief Browder was a Good Kid. Should That Matter?
The not-so-nice kids don’t deserve to be brutalized, either.
By
Nell Bernstein
Inside Out
August 12, 2021
‘They Should Have Been Watching’: Suicides Rise in Texas Prisons During Pandemic
Prison suicides have been rising for years. Experts fear the pandemic has made it worse.
By
Keri Blakinger
Justice Lab
December 15, 2017
A Mass Incarceration Mystery
Why are black imprisonment rates going down? Four theories.
By
Eli Hager
One Year Later: The Pandemic Behind Bars
March 15, 2021
“Hell No”: Correctional Officers Are Declining The Coronavirus Vaccine En Masse
Public health experts worry that high refusal rates could undermine efforts to control the pandemic inside and outside of prisons.
By
Nicole Lewis
AND
Michael Sisak
News
July 16, 2019
Trump Tried to Deport People Faster. Immigration Courts Slowed Down Instead.
A series of policy changes has failed to reduce the ever-growing backlog of cases waiting to be resolved.
By
Julia Preston
and
Andrew R. Calderon
Commentary
September 3, 2015
Obama’s Final 500 Days
People from across the political spectrum suggest criminal justice reforms the president should enact during his remaining time in office.
By
Andrew Cohen
The System
October 30, 2020
The State of Bail Reform
Bail reform is state-by-state and full of fits and starts. Some activists are taking direct action, raising funds to bail out defendants too poor to pay.
By
Beatrix Lockwood
and
Annaliese Griffin