BRIAN WITTE / The Associated PressMar 27, 2018
Fueled in part by the #MeToo movement, state legislatures, corrections officials and the federal government are working to address the issue. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Tana Ganeva / AlterNetOct 28, 2017
Widening legalization of marijuana possession is no help to many convicts. One Louisiana prisoner has been locked up since 2008 because of a $20 deal. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Paul Von Blum / TruthdigSep 29, 2017
Essays in a new book edited by Angela Davis show how black males remain the chief victims of law enforcement. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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By Serena P. GreenFeb 11, 2017
The author ponders this question as she serves time for an old drunken-driving arrest and fines she failed to finish paying. This is the third of a three-part story in Truthdig’s “Violence Against Women” series. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
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The historian and author of "Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Dismembered Torso” tells Truthdig's editor in chief about tensions between black Americans and the criminal justice system today and in the past. Transcript added. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )
By Nadia Prupis / Common DreamsOct 12, 2016
"Locking people up for using drugs causes tremendous harm," according to a joint assessment by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 9, 2016
“It always feels like in America, if you take a stand for something, you automatically are against something else,” the comedian notes, but “it shouldn’t have to work that way.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Thor Benson / TruthdigMay 13, 2016
In most states, people's firsthand experience of the criminal justice system can’t be part of the political debate on how to reform it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Emily Wilson / TruthdigApr 30, 2016
After 19 years behind bars, including seven in solitary confinement, the best-selling author works for criminal justice reform—and for those he left behind. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Amy Goodman and Denis MoynihanFeb 25, 2016
Woodfox is a living testament to the resilience of the human spirit when subjected to the cruel and unusual punishment of solitary confinement. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigFeb 1, 2016
If we continue to ignore the hunger, poverty and desperate families and communities of our young, we guarantee there will be a huge, violent population plagued by crime, drug addiction and high incarceration rates. If we save the children, we save society. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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