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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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Avoiding Deportation with the Help of Publicly Funded Counsel
Ramon* was confused when he saw two strangers waiting for him in the visitation…
Aug 27, 2020
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Beyond the Statistics and into the Hearts of Incarcerated Students
Despite the chaos going on in the world around COVID-19 and the fact that I…
Aug 25, 2020
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A View from the Inside
In Maine, reports say that the state prison population has been cut by more…
Aug 10, 2020
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What’s in a Name? A Small Step Prosecutors Can Take to Build a More Humane System
Prosecutors are supposed to dehumanize people charged with crimes. That’s what…
Jul 24, 2020