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Project 2025 is a Pathway to Mass Deportations and Family Separation
By now, you’ve likely heard a lot about Project 2025. The notorious policy…
Oct 15, 2024
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What People in Prison Are Saying About the Presidential Election
Most people would be surprised about how well-informed incarcerated people…
Oct 01, 2024
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About Half a Million People in Jail Have a Legal Right to Vote, But Don’t Get to Cast Ballots
On Election Day, approximately 448,000 legally innocent people will be held in…
Sep 24, 2024
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Boston’s Homicide Rate Reaches a Historic Low
This past May, Mayor Michelle Wu hailed
Boston as “one of the safest major…
Sep 17, 2024
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Evacuation Plan
(Jared Bozydaj, Adam Roberts, Isabel Lane, CM Campbell, Jane Robbins Mize,…
Sep 10, 2024
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The FCC Is Capping Outrageous Prison Phone Rates, but Companies Are Still Price Gouging
In July, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) limited the rates that…
Sep 04, 2024
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California’s New Workplace Heat Standards Don’t Apply to Prisons, Reflecting Harmful Neglect Across the United States
When California’s workplace safety board created important indoor heat…
Aug 27, 2024
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Investing in Care Has Kept Californians Safe and Out of Prison for 10 Years. Prop 36 Will Destroy That Progress.
When Pam Thompson first got out of prison in 1993 after four years of…
Aug 22, 2024
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The Truth about Immigrants in This Election Is That We Need to Do More to Protect Them
Last month, people in the crowd at the Republican National Convention cheered…
Aug 13, 2024
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Building Prisons on Toxic Land has Devastating Consequences
Cancer Alley, the region where the Louisiana State Penitentiary—or "Angola"—is…
Jul 30, 2024