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I Was Sure I Would Be Deported Until an Attorney Informed Me of My Rights
People facing deportation have no right to legal counsel and must face the…
Oct 16, 2020
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Universal Representation Advances Racial Equity for Immigrants Facing Deportation
As communities across the country continue to rise up to defend Black lives,…
Oct 15, 2020
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Women Face Unique Harms from Solitary Confinement
As with almost every other aspect of imprisonment, women have gender-specific…
Oct 02, 2020
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Changing Police Practices Means Changing 911
As the nation focuses on the deep, systemic problems with policing that have…
Sep 29, 2020
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Voters in Battleground States Favor Restoring Pell Grants for People in Prison
For years, Vera and many of our partners from across the corrections, higher…
Sep 29, 2020
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Justice is on the Ballot
As voters, we have the power and responsibility to shape how justice is served…
Sep 22, 2020
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Divesting from Policing and Investing in New Orleans Youth
City budgets are a moral statement of our priorities. Based on its 2020 budget,…
Sep 14, 2020

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Centering Black Voices in the Struggle for Immigrant Rights
On Juneteenth, Black Cameroonian asylum seekers made a video from a holding…
Sep 09, 2020
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Transformed by Access to College in Prison
"Access to postsecondary education can have transformative power, like it has…
Sep 03, 2020
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Policymakers Must Lift the Veil on COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons
COVID-19 is raging through U.S. jails and prisons—places disproportionately…
Sep 02, 2020
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