New Push to Get Hygiene Supplies to Female Inmates

BRIAN WITTE / The Associated Press Mar 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 )

Thousands Serving Long Sentences in an Era of Pot Liberalization

Tana Ganeva / AlterNet Oct 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 )

Policing the Black Man

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Sep 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 )

Part 3: Who Decides What Justice Is?

By Serena P. Green Feb 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 )

Robert Scheer and Kali Nicole Gross Dissect a Startling Crime

BLANK Nov 18, 2016 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 )

Denouncing ‘Colossal Waste’ of Drug War, Report Makes Case for Decriminalization

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams Oct 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 )

Police Officers

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Trevor Noah Breaks Down Why It’s Possible to Be Pro-Cop and Pro-Black (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Jul 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 )

Barring Prisoners From Voting Undermines Democracy

Thor Benson / Truthdig May 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 )

Shaka Senghor: Out of ‘the Hole’ and Into the Light

Emily Wilson / Truthdig Apr 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 )

Albert Woodfox, the Last of the Angola Three, Is Finally Free

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Feb 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 )

Pity the Children

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 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 )