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Saturday, October 23rd, 2021

First Artist in Residence at a DA’s Office Explores Human Toll of Incarceration

By Eileen Cunniffe

January 16, 2020

The district attorney’s office in Philadelphia is hosting the city’s first-ever artist-in-residence—an artist who...

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The Guilty Project: “How Do You Defend Those People?”

By Amy Costello and Frederica Boswell

November 7, 2019

How One Nonprofit Helped Change a Nation’s Thinking about Cr...

By Amy Costello and Frederica Boswell

October 29, 2019

How Can We Eradicate Racism from the US Prosecutorial System...

December 12, 2018

California Moves to End Cash Bail, But New System May Create...

August 23, 2018

FBI Data Doesn’t Show the True Picture of the Rise in Hate C...

By Sheela Nimishakavi

December 22, 2017

No Cash Bail Movement Gains Momentum

By Ruth McCambridge

November 14, 2017

Arnold Foundation Sued for its Bail Reform Work

By Sean Watterson and Ruth McCambridge

October 5, 2017

Nonprofits Help NYC Defendants Navigate the Bail System

August 31, 2017

Sessions’ New Policy Reverses Minimum Sentence Protections

By Cyndi Suarez

May 26, 2017

Justice from Within: The Death Penalty and a New Vision for Criminal Justice through a Racial Justice Lens

By Fatimah Loren Muhammad

November 28, 2017

Bipartisan Coalition Files Bills against Mandatory Minimums

By Ruth McCambridge

May 18, 2017

MA Supremes Rule Parole Planning Must Address Disabilities

By Sheela Nimishakavi

May 18, 2017

Jeff Sessions’ Big Week at the Department of (Obstructing) Justice

By Ruth McCambridge

May 15, 2017

Nonprofit Aims to Close Modern-day Debtors’ Prisons in Texas

By Angie Wierzbicki

April 6, 2017

Charging Parents for the Detention of Children: A Useless Practice with a 40-Year History

By Alexis Buchanan

March 7, 2017

Report Emphasizes Racial Data in Police Shootings

By Martin Levine

February 21, 2017

Executions Still on Decline in U.S. and at Record Low in Texas

By Melinda Crosby

December 19, 2016

After Incarceration, A “Life Sentence” Persists

By Jim Schaffer

October 28, 2016

Justice Driven by Geography Leaves Stark Divides in Sentencing

By Sheela Nimishakavi

September 7, 2016

Federal Agency Sexual Assault Data Skewed by Inconsistent Definitions

By Sheela Nimishakavi

August 29, 2016

Is Nonprofit Advocacy Gone Awry to Blame for Over-incarceration of Arkansas’ Children?

By Ruth McCambridge

August 15, 2016