Drug War is Crumbling: Town Converts Prison into Cannabis Grow Facility
By Justin Gardner In our fight to end the drug war, there may be no greater symbolism than a prison being turned into a cannabis…
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REPORT: Native American Girls Have Highest Rate of Incarceration
By Derrick Broze New statistics show that American Indian and Native Alaskan girls account for a disproportionate amount of the population in the juvenile justice…
Media Silent as US Announces Unprecedented Move to End Drug War
By Claire Bernish Slipping by virtually unnoticed, the United States made a surprising move last week toward entirely ending the contentious and wholly ineffective War…
City Had to Stop Arresting Actual Criminals Because They Filled Up Jail with Non-violent Offenders
By Justin Gardner Greene County, MO – The epidemic of mass incarceration is coming back to bite authorities in one American city. Because the Greene…
“Made In America” – How These 7 Popular Companies Are Exploiting Prisoners And Ruining The Economy
By Brianna Acuesta The prison-industrial complex: some may have heard of it, but this term is still widely unknown amongst the masses despite its huge…
REPORT: Native Americans Account for Disproportionate Amount of Prison Population
By Derrick Broze A new report details how Montana is sending more people to prison than it releases, with Native Americans making up a disproportionate…
Prison Town Selling Its Jails to Grow Cannabis to Save their Economy — And It’s Working
By Justin Gardner A tiny California desert town is making a drastic change to reverse its downward spiral and embrace an enlightened future. For 24…
Due Process is Dead: A Staggering 95% of All Inmates in America Have Never Received a Trial
By Claire Bernish In the Land of the Free, one-quarter of the entire planet’s prison population, some 2.2 million people, currently languish behind bars; yet,…
Nebraska Is Torturing Incarcerated Youth for Having Too Many Books, Passing Notes
By Carey Wedler A report released by the Nebraska American Civil Liberties Union this week reveals the state’s extensive use of solitary confinement for children…
1 in 36 Americans Are Tied up in the Prison System… And That’s a 20-Year Low
By Carey Wedler Over the last several years, the United States has earned the troublesome accolade of being the most incarcerated population in the world. Nearly…
4 Innocent Native Americans Jailed For 18 Years, Set Free – But Only After Agreeing Not To Sue
By John Vibes Four innocent Native American men have been set free from prison this week after they agreed not to sue the city or…
Horrific Report: At Largest US Women’s Prison, Inmates Forced To Have Sex For Basic Necessities
By John Vibes Lowell Correctional Institution in Florida is one of the largest women’s corrections facilities in the United States, and it is also notorious…
Prison Inmates Charged for Jail Stay, Left Buried in Debt When they Get Out
By John Vibes Did you know that people who end up in prison for a variety of different reasons have a very good chance of…
How the Prison State Destroys Families, 1 in 8 Poor Children have a Parent Behind Bars
By Justin Gardner The first wave of prison releases, under reforms put out by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, began last week. Approximately 6,000 federal prisoners convicted…